Evaluation of children and adolescents with hypertension can detect evidence of secondary hypertension (in particular, renal disease). Initial therapy is usually nonpharmacologic, but pharmacotherapy is used if other methods fail, hypertension is severe, or there are coexisting conditions such as diabetes mellitus.
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