[Hypertension in children].
Measuring blood pressure is more difficult in children than in adults and requires special blood pressure cuffs. Hypertension is defined by values established according to sex and height. A cause must always be sought; it will most often be renovascular. Essential hypertension is exceptional in children younger than 7 years, but is increasingly frequent in adolescents because of the growing prevalence of obesity. Hypertension in newborns and babies is often revealed by heart failure.
Salomon
Rémi
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Service de Néphrologie Pédiatrique, Hôpital Necker Enfants Malades, Paris. Remi.salomon@nck.ap-hop-paris.fr
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D007223:Infant; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology