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Original Source: Primary versus secondary hypertension in children followed up at an outpatient tertiary unit.
Childhood hypertension has classically been recognized as a secondary disease. However, primary hypertension also occurs in children. The aim of this study was to compare clinical features of pediatric patients with elevated blood pressure, which were referred to an outpatient tertiary unit, and to detect variables associated with the identification of primary hypertension. The records of 220 patients with hypertension followed between 1996 and 2006 were analyzed. The variable of interest was primary hypert...
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Researchers have found evidence that chest irradiation may leave some adult survivors of childhood cancer in danger of developing pulmonary hypertension in middle age.
Aortic Stiffness and Incident Hypertension—Reply
In Reply: Dr Protogerou and colleagues raise 2 main questions. First, does the relationship between CFPWV and incident hypertension differ for isolated systolic hypertension, isolated diastolic hypert...
How can resistant hypertension be identified and prevented?
Resistant hypertension is difficult to treat. In a Perspectives, Solini and Ruilope argue that many patients with resistant hypertension actually have mismanaged primary hypertension. They discuss how...
Irradiation Poses Risk of Pulmonary Hypertension for Childhood Cancer Survivors
Poor kids twice as likely to suffer from arthritis, hypertension in adulthood
(Medical Xpress)—The tentacles of childhood poverty reach even further than previously thought, a new Cornell study finds.
Childhood Weight Problems More Prevalent In Minorities
Race, ethnicity, and immigrant status are important risk factors for weight problems, according to a new study published in The ANNALS of American Academy of Political and Social Science. Childhood ob...
Hypertension Poorly Controlled By 53% Of Americans
Of the 66.9 million Americans with high blood pressure, 53.5% do not have their hypertension under control, says a new report issued by the CDC (MMWR report). Hypertension means high blood pressure. T...
Pulmonary Hypertension Treated Effectively With Riociguat
Riociguat demonstrated efficacy and safety in pulmonary arterial hypertension and inoperable chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. Medscape Medical News
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The changing face of pediatric hypertension in the era of the childhood obesity epidemic.
Historically, hypertension in childhood was thought to be an uncommon diagnosis, usually related to an underlying condition, most often parenchymal renal disease. Primary hypertension in childhood was...
BackgroundBlood pressure (BP) is a variable physiological parameter in health and disease. Increased BP variability over time in adults is associated with severity of end-organ damage and a higher rat...
Childhood Hypertension in Autosomal-Dominant Hypertension With Brachydactyly.
Affected individuals with autosomal-dominant hypertension with brachydactyly syndrome develop severe progressive hypertension and, if left untreated, develop stroke by age
Primary versus secondary hypertension in children followed up at an outpatient tertiary unit.
Childhood hypertension has classically been recognized as a secondary disease. However, primary hypertension also occurs in children. The aim of this study was to compare clinical features of pediatri...
The effects of hypertension on the paediatric brain: a justifiable concern.
The prevalence of hypertension in children is increasing but its neurological effects are under-recognised. Here, we describe acute and chronic effects of childhood hypertension on the nervous system....
