Provides an updated approach to the outpatient management of hypertension in children and adolescents, reflecting new consensus recommendations and medication data.
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Guides updated outpatient hypertension management in youth; extends consensus recommendations but leaves open need for outcome trials.
The treatment of hypertension in children and adolescents has been markedly changed in recent years by several factors, including the publication of new consensus recommendations, the obesity epidemic, and the increased availability of information on efficacy and safety of antihypertensive medications in the young. In this review we present an updated approach to the outpatient management of hypertension in the child or adolescent, utilizing representative cases to illustrate important principles as well as possible controversies.
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