This review emphasizes four major areas of pediatric hypertension. Because hypertension is the most common reason student athletes fail the sports pre-participation examinations, we have attempted to provide a rationale approach to the decision process to permit a hypertensive child to partake in leisure and competitive sports. Without question, obesity is a major reason for referral for hypertension to a pediatric nephrologist. The work-up should be directed to diet control and an exercise program to achieve sustained weight reduction. Hypertension associated with chronic renal failure and renal disease secondary to insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus is a major problem in pediatric and adult nephrology. With adequate control of systemic blood pressure, progressive decline in renal function may be delayed. By understanding these common areas of associated pediatric hypertension, a more systematic approach to the evaluation and treatment can be achieved.
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JAMA Netw Open
January 2025
Department of Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York.
Importance: Pediatric obesity and hypertension are highly correlated. To mitigate both conditions, provision of counseling on nutrition, lifestyle, and weight to children with high blood pressure (BP) measurements is recommended.
Objective: To examine racial and ethnic disparities in receipt of nutrition, lifestyle, and weight counseling among patients with high BP at pediatric primary care visits stratified by patients' weight status.
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Department of Haematology and Blood Transfusion, Rivers State University Teaching Hospital & Faculty of Basic Clinical Sciences, Rivers State University, Nigeria.
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Center of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Toho University Sakura Medical Center, Sakura, Chiba Japan.
Aim: To investigate the effect of weight loss and metabolic improvement after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) in older adults aged 65 years or over compared with younger adults in a retrospective analysis.
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Department of Women's and Children's Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.
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Department of Clinical Research, Faculty of Health sciences, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.
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