Paediatric hypertension [[electronic resource] /] / Chiara Giovannozzi

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910778948703321
• Autore: Giovannozzi Chiara
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Torino, : SEEd, 2010
• ISBN: 88-89688-52-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (68 p.)
• Disciplina: 617
• Soggetti: Hypertension in children; Pediatric cardiology
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Title page; Colophon; Summary; Introduction; Definitions; Measuring Blood Pressure in Children; For Whom and When?; How; Pressure Doppler; Percentile Tables of Arterial Pressure for Children and Adolescents; Primary and Secondary Hypertension in Children; Primary Hypertension; Secondary Hypertension; Evaluation of the Hypertensive Child; Objective Exam; Supplementary Investigations for Hypertension; Anormality of Target Organs in Paediatric Hypertension; Clinical Evaluation in the Case of Confirmed Hypertension; Hypertension Therapy; Lifestyle-Related Measures; Pharmacological Therapy for Hypertension in the ChildTherapy of Emergencies and of Hypertensive Emergencies; Ambulatory Follow-Up of the Hypertensive Child; Appendix; Percentile Tables of Arterial Pressure for Children and Adolescents; Growth curves; References; Author
• Sommario/riassunto: The covered topics range from the regulation of blood pressure and its assessment in children to day-to-day management. The attached calculator provides a hypertension assessment software: entering data about sex, height, systolic and diastolic pressure, the program indicates the presence and severity of hypertension.