title: Management of high blood pressure in children and adolescents: recommendations of the European Society of Hypertension.
abstract: Hypertension in children and adolescents has gained ground in cardiovascular medicine, thanks to the progress made in several areas of pathophysiological and clinical research. These guidelines represent a consensus among specialists involved in the detection and control of high blood pressure in children and adolescents. The guidelines synthesize a considerable amount of scientific data and clinical experience and represent best clinical wisdom upon which physicians, nurses and families should base their decisions. They call attention to the burden of hypertension in children and adolescents, and its contribution to the current epidemic of cardiovascular disease, these guidelines should encourage public policy makers, to develop a global effort to improve identification and treatment of high blood pressure among children and adolescents.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Consorcio Hospital General, University of Valencia, Spain. empar.lurbe@uv.es
authors.forename: Empar
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lurbe
authors.forename: Renata
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cifkova
authors.forename: J Kennedy
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Cruickshank
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Dillon
authors.forename: Isabel
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ferreira
authors.forename: Cecilia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Invitti
authors.forename: Tatiana
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kuznetsova
authors.forename: Stephane
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Laurent
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mancia
authors.forename: Francisco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Morales-Olivas
authors.forename: Wolfgang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Rascher
authors.forename: Josep
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Redon
authors.forename: Franz
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Schaefer
authors.forename: Tomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Seeman
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Stergiou
authors.forename: Elke
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Wühl
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zanchetti
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D018660:Blood Pressure Monitoring, Ambulatory; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D006040:Goals; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000145:classification / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D007223:Infant; D008019:Life Style; D012307:Risk Factors