Hypertension in children and adolescents

Autor: Giovanni de Simone, Costantino Mancusi, Henner Hanssen, Simonetta Genovesi, Empar Lurbe, Gianfranco Parati, Skaiste Sendzikaite, Giuliana Valerio, Procolo Di Bonito, Giovanni Di Salvo, Marc Ferrini, Paul Leeson, Philip Moons, Constance G Weismann, Bryan Williams
Přispěvatelé: de Simone, G, Mancusi, C, Hanssen, H, Genovesi, S, Lurbe, E, Parati, G, Sendzikaite, S, Valerio, G, Di Bonito, P, Di Salvo, G, Ferrini, M, Leeson, P, Moons, P, Weismann, C, Williams, B
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Popis: Definition and management of arterial hypertension in children and adolescents are uncertain, due to different positions of current guidelines. The European Society of Cardiology task-force, constituted by Associations and Councils with interest in arterial hypertension, has reviewed current literature and evidence, to produce a Consensus Document focused on aspects of hypertension in the age range of 6–16 years, including definition, methods of measurement of blood pressure, clinical evaluation, assessment of hypertension-mediated target organ damage, evaluation of possible vascular, renal and hormonal causes, assessment and management of concomitant risk factors with specific attention for obesity, and anti-hypertensive strategies, especially focused on life-style modifications. The Consensus Panel also suggests aspects that should be studied with high priority, including generation of multi-ethnic sex, age and height specific European normative tables, implementation of randomized clinical trials on different diagnostic and therapeutic aspects, and long-term cohort studies to link with adult cardiovascular risk. Finally, suggestions for the successful implementation of the contents of the present Consensus document are also given.
Databáze: OpenAIRE