Pediatric Hypertension

Adequate sleep was associated with a significantly reduced risk for hypertension among adolescents, independent of environmental noise exposure, according to findings published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

A study identified a link between poor sleep and hypertension in children and teenagers, according to findings published in Pediatrics.

TORONTO — Children with high blood pressure are more likely to be at risk for a stroke, heart attack or other major cardiac event later in life, according to research presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting.

Data from qualitative interviews show parents and caregivers understand and worry about hypertension as a chronic disease, yet expressed little concern when high BP was noted for their children in the clinic, researchers reported.

Primary hypertension in children is a predictor of hypertension and other CVD in adulthood, yet the condition is often unrecognized and undertreated.

A review of electronic health records data showed that fewer than half of children with elevated BP have a guideline-adherent diagnosis code or attended guideline-adherent follow-up, and that clinical decision support tools are underused.

Primary hypertension is now the leading type of pediatric hypertension, especially in adolescents, raising their subsequent risk for CV events in adulthood, according to a new scientific statement from the American Heart Association.

Almost half of the children and adolescents who were enrolled in a pediatric weight management program for obesity also had high BP, according to research published in The Journal of Clinical Hypertension.

Narrow retinal arterioles were predictive of future elevated systolic BP among children, and elevated BP at baseline was predictive of microvascular impairments, researchers reported.

Overactivity presenting as elevated heart rate, left ventricular ejection velocity and proximal pulse wave velocity are potential sources of primary hypertension among children, researchers reported.