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Hypertension in Children: The Importance of Patient Interaction

Posted by Tony Francisco on Mon, Aug 24, 2009
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As a follow-up to our post, "Hypertension in Children: An Easier Method of Identification", the measurement and diagnosis of high blood pressure in children brings up another issue...the importance of how blood pressure is measured. Automated measurement is so prevalent with the use of home BP devices and patient monitors in hospitals and clinics that it is often assumed that automated techniques must always match the tried-and-true approach of manual measurement with a sphygmomanometer. Unfortunately, this is not always the case.

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Hypertension in Children: An Easier Method of Identification

Posted by Allison Anderson on Mon, Aug 10, 2009
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Hypertension in ChildrenWhen you walk down a busy street or visit a popular fast food restaurant it's easy to see that we have a growing problem: obesity. Not only are a growing number of adults overweight, but now more children are becoming overweight. What may not be so obvious are the other risk factors that are generally elevated with obesity, one of which is blood pressure.

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