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Blood pressure of children in the United States

Recently a Task Force of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute published a report in Pediatrics on blood pressure control in children.1 The report was good in many respects in that it presented in summary form a critique of what we currently know and do not know about blood pressure in childr...

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Published in:Pediatrics (Evanston) 1978-06, Vol.61 (6), p.931-932
Main Author: Adams, F H
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Language:English
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Summary:Recently a Task Force of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute published a report in Pediatrics on blood pressure control in children.1 The report was good in many respects in that it presented in summary form a critique of what we currently know and do not know about blood pressure in children. Particularly good for pediatricians were the sections on methodology for measurement of blood pressure; mechanisms and causes of hypertension; evaluation of the hypertensive patient; and treatment of the hypertensive patient. The Task Force stressed the importance of further research in the field of blood pressure control in children and specifically recommended that physicians incorporate the measurement of blood pressure in the annual physical examination after 3 years of age.
ISSN:0031-4005
1098-4275
DOI:10.1542/peds.61.6.931