Pediatric Hypertension: Update

• Main Author: Tammy M. Brady (auth)
• Other Authors: Ibrahim F. Shatat (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2018
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Medicine; genetic programming; pheochromocytoma; developmental origins; kidney transplant; microbiome; obesity; LVH; paraganglioma
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Hypertension and its resultant complications do occur in childhood and track into adulthood. It's estimated that > 3% of all children have hypertension, with an even greater prevalence among obese children (20-47%). The etiology of hypertension is generally described as primary (essential) o...