Blood Pressure in Children and Its Interpretation

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1978 ◽  
Vol 61 (2) ◽  
pp. 333-336
Author(s):  
G. S. Berenson ◽  
A. W. Voors ◽  
L. S. Webber ◽  
R. R. Frerichs

The "Report of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's Task Force on Blood Pressure Control in Children" (Pediatrics suppl, May 1977) is a serious and long-needed attempt at establishing guidelines for practitioners in monitoring blood pressure levels in children and diagnosing early primary hypertension. Further, and importantly, it includes a consideration of prevention of future hypertensive disease, encouraging greater research and clinical interest in blood pressure in the pediatric age group. Specifically it encourages the physician examining children to include observations of blood pressure as a routine part of a physical examination.

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1987 ◽  
Vol 80 (3) ◽  
pp. 459-460
Author(s):  
MYUNG K. PARK

To the Editor.— Recently the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Task Force on Blood Pressure Control in Children published revised normal BP standards and guidelines for children.1 I welcome this effort, as reliable normative data have been unavailable but are prerequisite for the early detection of hypertension and its proper treatment. The guidelines published by the Task Force for the detection of hypertension, the diagnostic evaluation, follow-up laboratory testing, and treatment are, in my opinion, excellent.


PEDIATRICS ◽  
1987 ◽  
Vol 80 (6) ◽  
pp. 967-968
Author(s):  
SOL LONDE

To the Editor.— The report of the Second Task Force on Blood Pressure Control in Children1 recommends the use of K4 in preadolescent children because the authors say that K5 readings are frequently difficult to obtain in that age group, and K5 is easier to record in adolescents. We have used K5 in our studies because we are more certain of it. We have challenged the use of K4 because its recognition depends on subjective judgment of a qualitative change in the character of the sounds.2


PEDIATRICS ◽  
1978 ◽  
Vol 61 (6) ◽  
pp. 931-932
Author(s):  
Forrest H. Adams

Recently a Task Force of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute published a report in Pediatrics on blood pressure control in children.1 The report was good in many respects in that it presented in summary form a critique of what we currently know and do not know about blood pressure in children. Particularly good for pediatricians were the sections on methodology for measurement of blood pressure; mechanisms and causes of hypertension; evaluation of the hypertensive patient; and treatment of the hypertensive patient. The Task Force stressed the importance of further research in the field of blood pressure control in children and specifically recommended that physicians incorporate the measurement of blood pressure in the annual physical examination after 3 years of age.


2017 ◽  
pp. 28-31
Author(s):  
Shashi Sharma ◽  
Sakshi Dewan ◽  
Naveen Bhardwaj ◽  
Mir Aziz ◽  
Shilpa Singh ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 431-435
Author(s):  
Mohamed Mansy ◽  
Mostafa Kotb ◽  
Mohamed Abouheba

Congenital lumbar hernias are uncommonly seen in the pediatric age group, with only about 60 cases reported in the literature. It is usually accompanied by a multitude of congenital anomalies involving different organ systems of the body. For instance, it may involve the ribs, spine, muscles, and the kidneys. Herein, we report a case of congenital lumbar hernia in an 8-month-old boy who underwent an operative repair using a mesh with an uneventful outcome.


2020 ◽  
Vol 16 ◽  
pp. 100199
Author(s):  
Archwin Tanphaichitr ◽  
Songphon Nuchawong ◽  
Dev Kamdar ◽  
Morris C. Edelman ◽  
Dhave Setabutr

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