Pediatric hypertension 2001.
During the past decade, there has been a surge of interest in childhood and adolescent hypertension. The current review summarizes work published during the past year in the following areas: prenatal and early postnatal causes of hypertension; new information on the genetics of childhood hypertension; the relation of obesity, insulin resistance, and diabetes to hypertension; the use of ambulatory blood pressure monitoring to evaluate childhood hypertension; and advances in drug therapy for children with hypertension. The information obtained during the past year has improved our understanding of the pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment of childhood hypertension.
Rocchini
Albert P
AP
Pediatric Cardiology, C. S. Mott Hospital, University of Michigan Health Systems, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA. rocchini@umich.edu
D000293:Adolescent; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology; D018660:Blood Pressure Monitoring, Ambulatory; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003925:Diabetic Angiopathies / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000235:genetics; D007333:Insulin Resistance; D011247:Pregnancy; D011297:Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects; D013577:Syndrome
D000959:Antihypertensive Agents