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Canadian Blood Pressure Study of Obese Children Yields Unexpected Results

Posted by Kenny Andersen on Wed, Jul 28, 2010
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Childhood ObesityA recent Canadian blood pressure study discovered that high blood pressure does not directly correlate with the rising obesity rate in pediatric patient populations.  Contrary to expected research outcomes, while most pediatric patients (ages 6-19) with high blood pressure were obese, not all overweight adolescents (a mere 3%) suffer from high blood pressure.

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Guidelines for Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring in Children

Posted by Tony Francisco on Wed, Jul 21, 2010
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Pediatric ABPMHaving covered the recently rising awareness of childhood hypertension, we thought it appropriate to highlight the guidelines of using ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) in children.  The American Heart Association has published comprehensive recommendations on this topic...

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International Hypertension Report Calls for Increased Awareness of Childhood Hypertension

Posted by Allison Anderson on Wed, May 12, 2010
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hypertension in childrenWe’ve already discussed how hypertension is a costly drain on worldwide health care systems and society in general, but this cost is only based on adult hypertension.  A recently published report advocates improving the awareness, identification, and treatment of pediatric hypertension and clearly describes the implications of continuing to neglect this problem in the pediatric population.  The prevalence of hypertension in children is about 3-5% of the population, but as obesity continues to rise in children, high blood pressure will likely increase making it even more important to raise the awareness of pediatric hypertension. 

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ABPM Used to Identify Masked Hypertension in Children with Chronic Kidney Disease

Posted by Kenny Andersen on Thu, Mar 04, 2010
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LVHA recent article published in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN)1 emphasizes the key role of 24 hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) as a means to identify masked hypertension in pediatric patients with Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD). The study, published in January 2010, showed that many children with CKD who have normal blood pressure readings at the doctor's office often have high blood pressure readings at home.

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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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