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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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The use of short-acting nifedipine in pediatric patients with hypertension.
TL;DR: Preipitous reductions in blood pressure are ameliorated by decreasing the initial nifedipine dose to < or =0.25 mg/kg in pediatric patients, and short-acting nifingipine use in Pediatrics with hypertension in a hospital setting is safe.
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Regression of left-ventricular hypertrophy in children and adolescents with hypertension during ramipril monotherapy.
TL;DR: Ramipril is an effective drug in children with hypertension, for its ability to reduce not only BP but also left-ventricular mass and induce regression of LVH.
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Is the Extrapolated Adult Dose of Fosinopril Safe and Effective in Treating Hypertensive Children
Jennifer S. Li,Katherine Y. Berezny,Rakhi Kilaru,Lydie Hazan,Ronald J. Portman,Ronald J. Hogg,Randall D. Jenkins,Prapti M. Kanani,Carol M. Cottrill,Tej K. Mattoo,Ludmila Zharkova,Ludmila Kozlova,Irit Weisman,David Deitchman,Robert M. Califf +14 more
TL;DR: Fosinopril was well tolerated; serious adverse events occurred infrequently and were generally not attributed to fos in children with hypertension or high-normal blood pressure with an associated medical condition requiring treatment.
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Measurement of Blood Pressure in Children: Recommendations and Perceptions on Cuff Selection
Majda Arafat,Tej K. Mattoo +1 more
TL;DR: Some of the recent recommendations on blood pressure (BP) cuff selection, including those by the Task Force and its update, are reviewed, and the perceptions on cuff selection among practitioners are surveyed, it seems that a large adult cuff should be appropriate for an average-size 6-year-old child and that using three quarters of the UAL as a criterion, the cuffShould beappropriate for anAverage-size 7- to 8-year old child.
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Hypertension in the teenager
TL;DR: Over the last two decades, essential hypertension has become common in adolescents, yet remains under-diagnosed in absence of symptoms, and many anti-hypertensive medications now have specific regulatory approval for children.