Add to ORKGRecent data indicate that over the last decade the average blood pressure has risen among children. Evaluation involves a thorough history and physical examination. Primary or essential hypertension has multiple risk factors such as obesity and family positive history. Hypertension in children is currently recognised as an important health issue. Treatment includes weight loss, exercise and dietary modifications. Pharmacological treatment includes angiotensin converting enzymes (ACE) or beta blockers and diuretic
Childhood obesity is an impending global epidemic in both developing and developed countries. With a...
The associations between elevated blood pressure and overweight, on one hand, and the increasing pre...
International audienceHypertension is much less common in children than in adults. The group of expe...
Blood pressure is a condition whose frequency continues to increase in pediatric ages. This cardiova...
The prevalence of hypertension has increased at an accelerated rate in older children and adolescent...
Obesity, especially upper body fat distribution, has become an increasingly important medical proble...
Current concepts concerning blood pressure (BP) in childhood are undergoing significant changes. A c...
Howard TrachtmanDivision of Nephrology, Cohen Children's Medical Center of New York, Long Is...
The definition of hypertension (HT) in the pediatric age group is based on the normal distribution o...
Hypertension and its resultant complications do occur in childhood and track into adulthood. It’s es...
Hypertension in children is common, and the prevalence of primary hypertension is increasing with th...
Hypertension (HTN) in children and adolescents has become an increasingly common clinical entity in ...
Abstract The pattern of childhood hypertension is changing with a significant increase in the number...
The prevalence of hypertension has increased at an accelerated rate in older children and adolescent...
Essential hypertension is the most common form of hypertension in adults, and it is recognized more ...
Childhood obesity is an impending global epidemic in both developing and developed countries. With a...
The associations between elevated blood pressure and overweight, on one hand, and the increasing pre...
International audienceHypertension is much less common in children than in adults. The group of expe...
Blood pressure is a condition whose frequency continues to increase in pediatric ages. This cardiova...
The prevalence of hypertension has increased at an accelerated rate in older children and adolescent...
Obesity, especially upper body fat distribution, has become an increasingly important medical proble...
Current concepts concerning blood pressure (BP) in childhood are undergoing significant changes. A c...
Howard TrachtmanDivision of Nephrology, Cohen Children's Medical Center of New York, Long Is...
The definition of hypertension (HT) in the pediatric age group is based on the normal distribution o...
Hypertension and its resultant complications do occur in childhood and track into adulthood. It’s es...
Hypertension in children is common, and the prevalence of primary hypertension is increasing with th...
Hypertension (HTN) in children and adolescents has become an increasingly common clinical entity in ...
Abstract The pattern of childhood hypertension is changing with a significant increase in the number...
The prevalence of hypertension has increased at an accelerated rate in older children and adolescent...
Essential hypertension is the most common form of hypertension in adults, and it is recognized more ...
Childhood obesity is an impending global epidemic in both developing and developed countries. With a...
The associations between elevated blood pressure and overweight, on one hand, and the increasing pre...
International audienceHypertension is much less common in children than in adults. The group of expe...