Release Date: 2024-04-04

The Importance of Hypertension Screening in Children

Ragip Afsin Alay (Author)

Release Date: 2024-04-04

High blood pressure (BP), more commonly known as hypertension (HT), is one of the significant public health issues in today’s world. The frequency of HT in children was found to be higher in boys than girls and at an M/F ratio of 15-17/7-12%. The most important purpose of detecting HT in childhood is to prevent [...]

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    Published inNewborn and Childhood Screening Programmes
    First Page139
    Last Page145
    DOIhttps://doi.org/10.69860/nobel.9786053358961.12
    LanguageENG
    Page Count7
    Copyright HolderNobel Tıp Kitabevleri
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    High blood pressure (BP), more commonly known as hypertension (HT), is one of the significant public health issues in today’s world. The frequency of HT in children was found to be higher in boys than girls and at an M/F ratio of 15-17/7-12%. The most important purpose of detecting HT in childhood is to prevent end organ damage and HT that begins in childhood from affecting morbidity and mortality in adulthood. Two major guidelines for the definition, monitoring, and treatment of hypertension in children are available from the European Society of Hypertension (ESH) and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). In children aged three years and above, ESH requires BP measurement at every health examination, APP requires annual blood pressure measurement, and in children under 3 years of age, blood pressure measurement should be performed in the presence of risk factors for HT. The prevalence of HT in children is increasing, and it appears that if HT in children is not detected and controlled, it can lead to extremely adverse cardiovascular events in middle age and earlier. Every society should create monitoring and screening algorithms by determining risk factors according to life, nutrition and development level.

    Ragip Afsin Alay (Author)
    Assistant Professor, Ataturk University
    https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0376-4765
    3Ragıp Afşin Alay is a scientist who has been a physician for more than 20 years and has been working as a pediatrician for the last five years. He graduated from 19 Mayıs University Faculty of Medicine between 1996 and 2002. He worked in various positions at the Ministry of Health between 2002 and 2015. Between 2015 and 2019, he completed his specialization training in Atatürk University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Child Health and Diseases. He currently works at Atatürk University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Child Health and Diseases.

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