Neurohumoral regulation of blood pressure in early development -- Vasoactive factors and blood pressure in children -- Cardiovascular and autonomic influences on blood pressure -- Ion and fluid dynamics in hypertension -- CRP, uric acid, and other novel factors in the pathogenesis of hypertension -- Monogenic and polygenic genetic contributions to hypertension -- Casual blood pressure methodology -- Development of blood pressure norms in children -- Definitions of hypertension in children -- Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring methodology and norms in children -- Epidemiology of essential hypertension in children: the Bogalusa heart study -- Epidemiology of cardiovascular disease in children -- Perinatal programming and blood pressure -- Familial aggregation of blood pressure -- Influence of dietary electrolytes on childhood blood pressure -- Ethnic differences in childhood blood pressure -- Childhood obesity and blood pressure regulation -- Hypertension in children with the metabolic syndrome or type 2 diabetes -- Primary hypertension -- Secondary forms of hypertension -- Neonatal hypertension -- Hypertension in chronic kidney disease -- Hypertension in end-stage renal disease -- Sequelae of hypertension in children and adolescents -- Sleep apnea and hypertension -- Hypertension and exercise -- Hypertension in the developing world -- Evaluation of the hypertensive pediatric patient -- The role of ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in diagnosis of hypertension and evaluation of target organ damage -- Nonpharmacologic treatment of pediatric hypertension -- Pharmacotherapy of pediatric hypertension -- Management of hypertensive emergencies -- Pediatric antihypertensive clinical trials.
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This outstanding second edition amplifies and improves this premier text on hypertension in neonates, children, and adolescents. Previous chapters have been fully revised and new chapters have been added to cover important topics of recent interest, such as the metabolic syndrome, the impact of exercise on blood pressure, the many uses of ambulatory monitoring, and the relationship of sleep disorders to hypertension. A comprehensive volume, this book features 32 chapters covering the breadth and depth of the current knowledge. It is divided into 4 sections: blood pressure regulation and hypertension pathophysiology; assessment of blood pressure; predictors, risk factors, and special populations; and evaluation and management. Filled with excellent detail and pragmatic information, Pediatric Hypertension, Second Edition includes therapeutic guidelines from the US National High Blood Pressure Education Program and cutting edge data from clinical antihypertensive trials. Trainees as well as practicing clinicians will find the updated information on current treatments especially useful.