International Pediatric Hypertension Association
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Welcome to IPHA! Children can have high blood pressure too! As many as five out of each 100 (5%) children and adolescents may have high blood pressure.
Joined December 2021
RT @ProfRuanKruger: Early vascular aging (EVA) is not only a concept that applies to adults. This is an expert consensus on the definition….
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RT @ProfRuanKruger: Policy change works!. We showed a decreased frequency of sugar-sweetened beverages intake among young children followin….
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“We don’t care because we are not sick”: understanding youths perceptions of #hypertension in urban South Africa . @BioMedCentral #OpenAccess
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Associations of triglyceride-glucose index and metabolic score for insulin resistance with various #hypertension phenotypes in children and adolescents: results from the 2017 China nutrition and health surveillance. @FrontiersIn #OpenAccess
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BackgroundThe prevalence of hypertension in children is rising globally, with early-onset high blood pressure linked to future cardiovascular risk. Identifyi...
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Reclassifying #hypertension phenotypes in adolescents by ambulatory blood pressure monitoring: implications of the 2022 @AHAScience guidelines in a Brazilian birth cohort . @Ped_Neph #BP
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Pediatric Nephrology - Hypertension in adolescents is a growing public health concern, with ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) playing a key role in diagnosis. The 2022 American Heart...
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RT @ProfRuanKruger: Great work from @CVolschenk050 (PhD candidate at @NWU_HART) showing the importance of demographic, socioeconomic, and d….
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Mid-to-long term outcomes following renal artery angioplasty in children and young adults with renal artery stenosis: a retrospective review . @Ped_Neph
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Pediatric Nephrology - This study investigates the efficacy of renal artery angioplasty for pediatric renovascular hypertension (RVH) and describes the role of pre-procedural diagnostic imaging....
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Predictors and course of #hypertension in #Wilms_tumour patients: a retrospective observational cohort study. | BMJ Paediatrics Open.Thx @drjosflynn for sharing
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Introduction Wilms tumour is the second most common extracranial solid tumour in paediatric patients. It is frequently associated with hypertension due to renal artery compression and activation of...
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Utility of home doppler blood pressure measurement to minimise unnecessary investigations in children with suspected #hypertension . #OpenAccess Thx @drjosflynn for sharing
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Journal of Human Hypertension - Utility of home doppler blood pressure measurement to minimise unnecessary investigations in children with suspected hypertension
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Long-term kidney outcomes in children and adolescents with #hypertension : a propensity-matched cohort study - . @TheLancet Child & Adolescent Health. Thx @drjosflynn for sharing
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Children and adolescents diagnosed with hypertension are at greater long-term risk of MAKEs compared with non-hypertensive controls. Improved recognition and control of paediatric hypertension might...
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Qualitative Analysis of Point of Care Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring: Patient, Parent, and Primary Care Provider Perspectives . @amjhypertension #ABPM #BP
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AbstractBACKGROUND. Hypertension is undiagnosed in three-quarters of affected youth. Barriers include uncertainty about the accuracy of in-office blood pre
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Waist-to-Height Ratio as a predictor of cardiovascular and metabolic health in a pediatric population . @PLOSONE #OpenAccess Thx @drjosflynn for sharing
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Background Understanding the relationship between central adiposity and health outcomes in children is crucial for early prevention of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Waist-to-height ratio (WHtR)...
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#Hypertension in children with intellectual disabilities: a population not to be overseen @JHypertension Thx @drjosflynn for sharing
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w physical activity, and comorbid conditions. Regular blood pressure (BP) monitoring is essential, considering the challenges in measurement accuracy among children with intellectual disabilities....
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Healthcare resource utilisation and costs associated with #hypertension in children and adolescents: a population-based cohort study . @TheLancet Thx @drjosflynn for sharing #BP
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Prenatal Per‐ and Polyfluoroalkyl Substance Exposures and Longitudinal Blood Pressure Measurements in Children Aged 3 to 18 Years: Findings From a Racially and Ethnically Diverse US Birth Cohort @JAHA_AHA .Thx @drjosflynn for sharing #BP
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Current etiology of hypertension in European children — factors associated with primary #hypertension . @Ped_Neph
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Pediatric Nephrology - While hypertension (HT) in pediatric patients is often secondary (SH), recent trends show a rise in primary hypertension (PH), which is associated with an increasing global...
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Accuracy of Home Blood Pressure Monitoring in Youth: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis . @JPediatr Thx @drjosflynn for sharing #BP #HBPM #HTN
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To evaluate the accuracy of home blood pressure monitoring (HBPM) in youth compared with the reference standard of ambulatory BP monitoring (ABPM).
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Predicting Childhood and Adolescence #Hypertension : Analysis of Predictors Using Machine Learning. @AmerAcadPeds Thx @drjosflynn for sharing
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BACKGROUND. There has been a substantial burden of hypertension in children and adolescents. Given the availability of primary prevention strategies, it is important to determine predictors for early...
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