Pediatric hypertension: often missed and mismanaged.
Delayed recognition of hypertension in children can have lasting consequences. The resources detailed here--including Web-based calculators and at-a-glance tables--can facilitate diagnosis and treatment.
Womack Army Medical Center, Family Medicine Residency Program, Fort Bragg, NC, USA. Email: robert.l.gauer2.civ@mail.mil.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001794:Blood Pressure; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015897:Comorbidity; D057210:Delayed Diagnosis / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D003951:Diagnostic Errors / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000379:methods*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012307:Risk Factors; D014481:United States
D000959:Antihypertensive Agents