Recommendation for Diagnostics and Therapy of Hypertension in Children and Adolescents Elaborated by the Working Group of Pediatric Cardiology
2009
Abstract
The aim of this recommendation is to summarize recent findings in the monitoring of children with elevated blood pressure (BP) and implement them in pediatric practice. Based on the recommendations of the National High Blood Pressure Education Program Working Group on hypertension in childhood, published in 2004 and the recent pharmacokinetic studies in children.