Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring greatly improves diagnostic accuracy in excess and normal weight children

• Main Authors: Cristina Ramona Rădulescu (Author), Ioana Adriana Ghiorghiu (Author), Ana-Maria Berchimiş (Author), Mihaela Dăscălaşu (Author), Gabriela Vlad (Author), Doina Anca Pleşca (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Amaltea Medical Publishing House, 2020-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction. Given the significant levels of pediatric excess weight worldwide, we sought to identify the prevalence of abnormally high BP levels (based on auscultatory measurements and ambulatory blood pressure monitoring - ABPM) in a cohort of excess weight children compared to normal weight cont...