The European Society of Hypertension guidelines provide consensus recommendations for the detection and management of high blood pressure in children and adolescents.
The European Society of Hypertension provides consensus guidelines for the detection and management of high blood pressure in children and adolescents to address its contribution to cardiovascular disease.
Hypertension in children and adolescents has gained ground in cardiovascular medicine, thanks to the progress made in several areas of pathophysiological and clinical research. These guidelines represent a consensus among specialists involved in the detection and control of high blood pressure in children and adolescents. The guidelines synthesize a considerable amount of scientific data and clinical experience and represent best clinical wisdom upon which physicians, nurses and families should base their decisions. They call attention to the burden of hypertension in children and adolescents, and its contribution to the current epidemic of cardiovascular disease, these guidelines should encourage public policy makers, to develop a global effort to improve identification and treatment of high blood pressure among children and adolescents.
Lurbe et al. (Wed,) conducted a review in Hypertension in children and adolescents. Guidelines for management of high blood pressure was evaluated. The European Society of Hypertension guidelines provide consensus recommendations for the detection and management of high blood pressure in children and adolescents.