These pediatric hypertension guidelines are an update to the 2004 “Fourth Report on the
Diagnosis, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure in Children and Adolescents.” …

Hypertension is a complex and multifaceted disease, with many contributing factors. While
diet and nutrition are important influences, the confounding effects of overweight and …

Vital sign measurement and assessment are important components of the review of systems
in a physical therapy examination for individuals with and without documented …

All the main concepts from the landmark Pharmacotherapy: A Pathophysiologic Approach-
distilled down to a concise, clinically focused, full-color resource Providing a solid evidence …

Background: In adults, high blood pressure (BP), adverse serum lipids, and smoking
associate with cognitive deficits. The effects of these risk factors from childhood on midlife …

Childhood HTN (hypertension) has become a widely investigated topic within the last
decade due to its increasing prevalence. In the present review, we examine new …

The upward trend in adolescent hypertension is widely attributed to the adolescent obesity
epidemic. Secular trends in adolescent prehypertension and hypertension have risen in …

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: The prevalence of hypertension is increasing in children,
and may persist into adulthood. This systematic review was conducted for the US Preventive …

OBJECTIVES: To provide a technical summary of the methodology used to generate the
2017 “Clinical Practice Guideline for Screening and Management of High Blood Pressure in …

Although screening for elevated blood pressure (BP) in adults is beneficial, evidence of its
beneficial effects in children is not clear. Elevated BP in children is associated with …