Pediatric Hypertension

Part I. Regulation of Blood Pressure and Pathophysiological Mechanisms of Hypertension

1. Neurohumoral and Autonomic Regulation of Blood Pressure
Jeffrey L. Segar

2. Vasoactive Factors and Blood Pressure in Children
Ihor V. Yosypiv

3. Cardiovascular Influences on Blood Pressure
Albert P. Rocchini

4. Ion and Fluid Dynamics in Hypertension
Avram Z. Traum

5. Uric Acid in the Pathogenesis of Hypertension
Daniel I. Feig

6. Monogenic and Polygenic Contributions to Hypertension
Julie R. Ingelfinger

7. Perinatal Programming and Blood Pressure
Mahmoud Kallash, Julie R. Ingelfinger, V. Matti Vehasakari

8. Experimental Models of Hypertension and Their Relevance to Human Hypertension
Julie R. Ingelfinger

Part II. Assessment of Blood Pressure in Children: Measurement, Normative Data, Epidemiology

9. Casual Blood Pressure Methods
Bruce Z. Morgenstern, David Gallick, Bruce S. Alpert

10. Blood Pressure Norms and Definition of Hypertension in Children
Bonita Falkner

11. Ambulatory Blood Pressure: Methodology and Norms in Children
E. M. Urbina

12. Epidemiology of Essential Hypertension in Children
Bonita Falkner

13. Epidemiology of Cardiovascular Disease in Children
Samuel S. Gidding

Part III. Hypertension in Children: Predictors, Risk Factors, and Special Populations

14. Familial Aggregation of Blood Pressure
Xiaoling Wang, Harold Snieder

15. The Role of Dietary Electrolytes and Childhood Blood Pressure Regulation
Dawn K. Wilson, Sandra M. Coulon

16. Ethnic Differences in Childhood Blood Pressure
Joshua Samuels, Xamayta Negroni-Balasquide, Cynthia Bell

17. Childhood Obesity and Blood Pressure Regulation
Donald L. Batisky

18. Stress and Salt Sensitivity in Childhood Hypertension
Coral D. Hanevold, Gregory A. Harshfield

19. Hypertension in Children with the Metabolic Syndrome or Type 2 Diabetes
Craig E. Taplin, Joseph T. Flynn

20. Primary Hypertension in Children
Gaurav Kapur, Tej K. Mattoo

21. Secondary Forms of Hypertension in Children and Adolescents
Smitha R. Vidi, Kevin E. C. Meyers

22. Hypertension in Chronic Kidney Disease
Franz Schaefer, Elke Wühl

23. Hypertension in End-Stage Renal Disease
Tomáš Seeman

24. Vascular Hypertension in Children
Kjell Tullus

25. Endocrine Hypertension
Perrin C. White

26. Neonatal and Infant Hypertension
Janis M. Dionne

27. Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Hypertension
Alisa A. Acosta

28. Hypertension in the Pregnant Teenager
Tracy E. Hunley, Neerav Desai, Deborah P. Jones

29. Sequelae of Hypertension in Children and Adolescents
Donald J. Weaver, Mark M. Mitsnefes

30. Cognitive and Behavioral Aspects of Childhood Hypertension
Marc B. Lande, Juan C. Kupferman, Heather R. Adams

31. Hypertension and Cardiovascular Disease in Developing Countries
Vera H. Koch

Part IV. Evaluation and Management of Pediatric Hypertension

32. Evaluation of Hypertension in Pediatric Patients
Joyce P. Samuel, Rita D. Swinford, Ronald J. Portman

33. The Role of ABPM in Evaluation of Hypertensive Target-Organ Damage
Empar Lurbe, Josep Redon

34. Blood Pressure, Hypertension, and Exercise
Rae-Ellen W. Kavey

35. Non-pharmacologic Treatment of Pediatric Hypertension
Sarah C. Couch, Stephen R. Daniels

36. Pharmacologic Treatment of Childhood Hypertension
Michael A. Ferguson, Joseph T. Flynn

37. Management of Hypertensive Emergencies
Craig W. Belsha

38. Changes in Pediatric Food and Drug Administration Written Requests and Regulations: Impact on Clinical Trial of Hypertension Trials in Children
Kevin D. Hill, Ronald J. Portman, Jennifer S. Li

Keywords: Medicine & Public Health, Pediatrics, Nephrology, Cardiology