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The national high blood pressure education program.
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This article is published in Journal of the American Pharmaceutical Association.The article was published on 1974-04-01. It has received 1110 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Health education.read more
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What Exactly Do the Trends Mean
TL;DR: The extent to which childhood obesity could contribute to an increase in the prevalence of hypertension was studied, and the investigators applied the current BP criteria for hypertension and prehypertension in childhood to the data from the participants in each of the 6 survey periods between 1963 and 2002.
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Evaluation and management of pediatric hypertensive crises: hypertensive urgency and hypertensive emergencies
TL;DR: Emergency department goals for hypertensive crises are to safely lower blood pressure, and treat/minimize acute end organ damage, while (3) identifying underlying etiology.
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Safety of the newer antihypertensive agents in children.
TL;DR: While the newer antihypertensive agents appear to be well-tolerated by children, further studies are needed to determine the safety profile across the developmental continuum, with chronic dosing and in children with complex hypertension.
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Relationship Between Low-Normal Blood Pressure and Kidney Disease in Type 1 Diabetes
TL;DR: It is suggested that lower BP levels, even below the accepted normal range, are protective against kidney disease in adults with type 1 diabetes.
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Coping strategies, depressive symptoms and quality of life in hypertensive patients: mediational and prospective relations.
TL;DR: Findings suggest that depressive symptoms may be a mechanism linking the manner in which patients cope with their hypertension and their QoL, and emphasise the adaptive role played by instrumental coping responses in the management of hypertension in the long term.