Update on the 1987 task force report on high blood pressure in children and adolescents: a working group report from the National High Blood Pressure Education …
National High Blood Pressure Education Program … - …, 1996 - publications.aap.org
Background. The" Report of the Second Task Force on Blood Pressure Control in Children—
1987" developed normative blood pressure (BP) data for children and adolescents. These
normative data are used to classify BP levels. Since 1987, additional BP data in children and
adolescents, the use of newer classes of drugs, and the role of primary prevention of
hypertension have expanded the body of knowledge regarding the classification and
treatment of hypertension in the young. Objective. To report new normative BP data in …
1987" developed normative blood pressure (BP) data for children and adolescents. These
normative data are used to classify BP levels. Since 1987, additional BP data in children and
adolescents, the use of newer classes of drugs, and the role of primary prevention of
hypertension have expanded the body of knowledge regarding the classification and
treatment of hypertension in the young. Objective. To report new normative BP data in …