Pediatric hypertension

de Ronald J. Portman, Julie R. Ingelfinger

Summarizes current concepts in the basic physiology, diagnosis, evaluation, and management of hypertension in children. Specific chapters of the book include the regulation of blood pressure in children from fetal life through maturity, the approach to the assessment of blood pressure in children, the definition and predictors of hypertension in children, the diagnostic evaluation and treatment of hypertension, and future directions on the field.