RT Book, Section
A1 Belsha, Craig W.
A1 Flynn, Joseph T.
A2 Rudolph, Colin D.
A2 Rudolph, Abraham M.
A2 Lister, George E.
A2 First, Lewis R.
A2 Gershon, Anne A.
SR Print(0)
ID 7046317
T1 Chapter 479. Systemic Hypertension
T2 Rudolph's Pediatrics, 22e
YR 2011
FD 2011
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-149723-7
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=7046317
RD 2024/09/12
AB Although  systemic  hypertension  occurs  in  less  than  4%  of  the  pediatric  population,  there  is  ample  evidence  that  the  roots  of  primary  hypertension  extend  back  to  childhood.  In  young  children,  hypertension  is  often  a  sign  of  underlying  renal  or  cardiac  disease,  but  with  the  rise  in  childhood  obesity,  primary  hypertension  is  now  recognized  as  a  frequent  cause  of  hypertension  in  adolescents.  Management  of  systemic  hypertension  in  the  pediatric  population  begins  with  correct  blood  pressure  (BP)  measurement  using  a  standardized  technique,  categorization  using  current  normative  standards,  evaluation  of  the  etiology  of  the  hypertension,  and  use  of  nonpharmacologic  and  pharmacologic  therapies.