title: Clinical overview of hypertensive crisis in children.
abstract: Hypertensive emergencies and hypertensive urgencies in children are uncommonly encountered in the pediatric emergency department and intensive care units, but the diseases are potentially a life-threatening medical emergency. In comparison with adults, hypertension in children is mostly asymptomatic and most have no history of hypertension. Additionally, measuring accurate blood pressure values in younger children is not easy. This article reviews current concepts in pediatric patients with severe hypertension.
authors.affiliation: Wen-Chieh Yang, Chun-Yu Chen, Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua 500, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Wen-Chieh
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Wen-Chieh Yang, Chun-Yu Chen, Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua 500, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Mao-Jen
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.affiliation: Wen-Chieh Yang, Chun-Yu Chen, Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua 500, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Chun-Yu
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Wen-Chieh Yang, Chun-Yu Chen, Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua 500, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Han-Ping
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Wu
keywords: Blood pressure; Hypertensive crisis; Hypertensive emergency; Hypertensive urgency