Clin Hypertens.  2020 Apr;26(1):22. 10.1186/s40885-020-00156-w.

Pediatric hypertension: an updated review

• Ashraf M
• Irshad M
• Parry NA

• KMID: 2511915
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1186/s40885-020-00156-w

Abstract

Globally hypertension in adults is among the leading preventable cause of premature death, where a graded association from the childhood hypertension is well recognised. With the concurrent rise in obesity and pediatric hypertension (HTN) during the past decade in developed countries, a parallel trend is emerging in developing countries that has a potential for exponential rise in cardiovascular, cerebrovascular and renal tragedies. A cumulative incidence of pediatric HTN in China and India is 50–70 and 23% respectively, is quite disturbing. New guidelines for the detection, evaluation and management of hypertension in children and adolescents published in 2017, where a jump in prevalence of pediatric HTN is observed, rings a call to address this under-attended burning problem; for which a review in pediatric hypertension and its management is warranted.

Keyword

Blood pressure; Children; Guidelines; Hypertension; Prevalence