Arterial hypertension in children and adolescents

KAWAŁKO, Kinga, RYNIO, Grzegorz, DUBIEL, Magdalena, ZIOJŁA, Kinga, KSIĄŻEK, Anna, SUFIN, Patrycja & MASŁOCHA, Aleksander. Arterial hypertension in children and adolescents. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2023;13(2):25-30. eISSN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.12775/JEHS.2023.13.02.003 https://apcz.umk.pl/JEHS/article/view/41023 https://zenodo.org/record/7417748 The journal has had 40 points in Ministry of Education and Science of Poland parametric evaluation. Annex to the announcement of the Minister of Education and Science of December 21, 2021. No. 32343. Has a Journal's Unique Identifier: 201159. Scientific disciplines assigned: Physical Culture Sciences (Field of Medical sciences and health sciences); Health Sciences (Field of Medical Sciences and Health Sciences). Punkty Ministerialne z 2019 - aktualny rok 40 punktów. Załącznik do komunikatu Ministra Edukacji i Nauki z dnia 21 grudnia 2021 r. Lp. 32343. Posiada Unikatowy Identyfikator Czasopisma: 201159. Przypisane dyscypliny naukowe: Nauki o kulturze fizycznej (Dziedzina nauk medycznych i nauk o zdrowiu); Nauki o zdrowiu (Dziedzina nauk medycznych i nauk o zdrowiu). © The Authors 2022; This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author (s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non commercial license Share alike. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper. Received: 24.11.2022. Revised: 28.11.2022. Accepted: 09.12.2022. Arterial hypertension in children and adolescents Kinga Kawałko Faculty of Medicine, University of Rzeszow, Pigonia Street 6, 35-310 Rzeszow, Poland Grzegorz Rynio Faculty of Medicine, University of Rzeszow, Pigonia Street 6, 35-310 Rzeszow, Poland Magdalena Dubiel Faculty of Medicine, University of Rzeszow, Pigonia Street 6, 35-310 Rzeszow, Poland Kinga Ziojła Faculty of Medicine, University of Rzeszow, Pigonia Street 6, 35-310 Rzeszow, Poland Anna Książek Faculty of Medicine, University of Rzeszow, Pigonia Street 6, 35-310 Rzeszow, Poland Patrycja Sufin Faculty of Medicine, University of Rzeszow, Pigonia Street 6, 35-310 Rzeszow, Poland Aleksander Masłocha Faculty of Medicine, University of Rzeszow, Pigonia Street 6, 35-310 Rzeszow, Poland Summary Arterial hypertension is a serious clinical problem in everyday medical practice. It mainly affects adult patients, but is also increasingly common in children and adolescents. Making a diagnosis is possible thanks to systematic measurements of blood pressure during routine medical visits, while maintaining appropriate rules and referring to adequate biological norms - centile charts. Arterial hypertension in children and adolescents may be primary, but much more often than in the adult population, it occurs secondary to diseases of other organs and systems. Early diagnosis of hypertension in the developmental age gives a chance to implement adequate therapy by treating the underlying disease, lifestyle modification or pharmacological treatment. The aim of effective therapy of hypertension is to prevent the occurrence of early and long-term complications of the disease, as well as to reduce the risk of hypertensive emergencies. Keywords: hypertension, cardiovascular risk, obesity, children, adolescent