Key result
Four-step approach synthesizes AAP and Canadian guidelines for managing pediatric hypertension in primary care.
Why the study?
Hypertension prevalence has increased in children and adolescents, differs from adult hypertension, and primary care providers may not be up to date with current guidelines.
This review provides primary care providers with a simplified, four-step approach to managing pediatric hypertension based on current AAP and Canadian guidelines.
May simplify primary care management of paediatric hypertension; extends guideline synthesis for clinicians and researchers.
The prevalence of hypertension has increased in the paediatric and adolescent populations, and is estimated between 1% and 2% in Canada. Paediatric and adolescent hypertension differs from adult hypertension in many ways, and primary care providers may not be up to date with current guidelines and recommendations. Recently, the American Academy of Pediatrics updated and published guidelines on the diagnosis, evaluation, and management of hypertension in children and adolescents. This paper summarizes these new guidelines in addition to the existing Canadian guidelines in a simple four-step approach, catered to a primary care setting, detailing the diagnosis, evaluation, workup, and management of hypertension in children and adolescents.
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Saini et al. (2020) conducted a review in Paediatric and adolescent hypertension. Guidelines for paediatric hypertension was evaluated. This paper summarizes updated American Academy of Pediatrics and existing Canadian guidelines into a four-step approach for managing paediatric and adolescent hypertension in primary care.
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