Why the study?
There was a need for comprehensive analysis and assessment of the practical significance of the 2017 American Academy of Pediatrics clinical practice guidelines for hypertension in children and adolescents.
The article summarizes the 2017 AAP guidelines which aim to optimize the diagnostics and treatment of hypertension in children through updated classifications and targets.
May prompt adoption of revised AAP BP thresholds in children; leaves open validation in prospective cohorts.
The article analyzes clinical guidelines oftheAmericanAcademy ofPediatrics dd 2017 “ClinicalPractice Guideline forScreening andManagement of High Blood Pressure in Children and Adolescents”. This document contains new values of blood pressure in children, replaces the term “prehypertension” with the term “elevated blood pressure”, provides a simplified classification of arterial hypertension in adolescents over 13 years and revisesthe guidelinesfor daily blood pressure monitoring and echocardiography. The documentspecifiesthe criteria for diagnosing increased body weight of the left ventricular myocardium, changesthe target blood pressure levels. This new guidelines helps to optimize the diagnostics and treatment of hypertension in children. At the same time there is need for further comprehensive analysis of clinicalrecommendations and assessment of their practicalsignificance for pediatrics.
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