Key result
Recent guidelines outline cost-effective diagnostic evaluations and step-wise treatment options, including lifestyle modifications and medical management, for pediatric hypertension.
Why the study?
Pediatric hypertension is a growing worldwide problem that leads to adult cardiovascular disease, yet it is often underdiagnosed.
This review highlights the importance of diagnosing and managing pediatric hypertension using step-wise treatment options based on recent guidelines to prevent adult cardiovascular disease.
May support guideline-directed care for pediatric hypertension to prevent adult CVD; leaves open need for pediatric outcome trials.
Pediatric hypertension (HTN) is a growing problem worldwide that can be attributed to various risk factors, including the upward trend in obesity and poor lifestyle choices. Pediatric HTN will eventually lead to adult HTN and cardiovascular disease. There is concern that HTN in children and adolescents is often underdiagnosed. This article highlights important risk factors and chronic conditions associated with HTN along with complications such as end organ damage and cardiovascular disease. This article also outlines cost-effective diagnostic evaluations and step-wise treatment options, including nonpharmacological interventions such as lifestyle modifications as well as medical management based on the most recent American Academy of Pediatrics Clinical Practice Guidelines. [Pediatr Ann. 2020;49(6):e250-e257.].
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Siddiqui et al. (2020) conducted a review in Pediatric hypertension. Recent guidelines outline cost-effective diagnostic evaluations and step-wise treatment options, including lifestyle modifications and medical management, for pediatric hypertension.
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