Pediatric Hypertension

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Front Matter....Pages i-xv Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Neurohumoral Regulation of Blood Pressure in Early Development....Pages 3-22 Vasoactive Factors and Blood Pressure in Children....Pages 23-40 Cardiovascular and Autonomic Influences on Blood Pressure....Pages 41-64 Ion and Fluid Dynamics in Hypertension....Pages 65-73 CRP, Uric Acid, and Other Novel Factors in the Pathogenesis of Hypertension....Pages 75-90 Monogenic and Polygenic Genetic Contributions to Hypertension....Pages 91-110 Front Matter....Pages 111-111 Casual Blood Pressure Methodology....Pages 113-134 Development of Blood Pressure Norms in Children....Pages 135-146 Definitions of Hypertension in Children....Pages 147-160 Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring Methodology and Norms in Children....Pages 161-178 Epidemiology of Essential Hypertension in Children: The Bogalusa Heart Study....Pages 179-208 Epidemiology of Cardiovascular Disease in Children....Pages 209-223 Front Matter....Pages 225-225 Perinatal Programming and Blood Pressure....Pages 227-239 Familial Aggregation of Blood Pressure....Pages 241-258 Influence of Dietary Electrolytes on Childhood Blood Pressure....Pages 259-289 Ethnic Differences in Childhood Blood Pressure....Pages 291-299 Childhood Obesity and Blood Pressure Regulation....Pages 301-328 Hypertension in Children with the Metabolic Syndrome or Type 2 Diabetes....Pages 329-342 Primary Hypertension....Pages 343-356 Secondary Forms of Hypertension....Pages 357-374 Front Matter....Pages 225-225 Neonatal Hypertension....Pages 375-396 Hypertension in Chronic Kidney Disease....Pages 397-418 Hypertension in End-Stage Renal Disease....Pages 419-441 Sequelae of Hypertension in Children and Adolescents....Pages 443-455 Sleep Apnea and Hypertension....Pages 457-471 Hypertension and Exercise....Pages 473-484 Hypertension in the Developing World....Pages 485-496 Front Matter....Pages 497-497 Evaluation of the Hypertensive Pediatric Patient....Pages 499-515 The Role of Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring in Diagnosis of Hypertension and Evaluation of Target Organ Damage....Pages 517-528 Nonpharmacologic Treatment of Pediatric Hypertension....Pages 529-535 Pharmacotherapy of Pediatric Hypertension....Pages 537-558 Management of Hypertensive Emergencies....Pages 559-574 Pediatric Antihypertensive Clinical Trials....Pages 575-585 Back Matter....Pages 587-618