The prevalence of elevated blood pressure among obese adolescents in a pediatric resident continuity clinic.

Objective: The purpose of this study is to examine the association of obesity and elevated blood pressure among adolescent patients in a pediatric resident continuity clinic.

Methods: Blood pressure and anthropometric data from adolescent patients (ages 12-18 years) in a resident continuity clinic were analyzed. Age-and gender-specific BMI percentiles, and age-, gender-, and height-specific BP percentiles were determined.

Prescribing errors in a pediatric clinic.

Objective: This project was completed to determine the frequency and type of prescribing errors occurring in a pediatric clinic.

Study Design: Records for all patient encounters in the pediatric acute care clinic from February through April 2007 were reviewed. Prescriptions entered into the electronic medical records (EMR) were reviewed the day after they were written.