Screening children for high blood pressure: where the US Preventive Services Task Force went wrong

Editorial

Joshua A Samuels et al. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). 2013 Aug.

. 2013 Aug;15(8):526-7.

doi: 10.1111/jch.12147. Epub 2013 Jun 17.

No abstract available

Comment in

Gaps in the evidence for screening children for hypertension to prevent adult cardiovascular disease--response to the editorial by Samuels and colleagues.
Thompson M. Thompson M. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). 2014 Jan;16(1):80-1. doi: 10.1111/jch.12229. Epub 2013 Dec 24. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). 2014. PMID: 24373491 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
In reply to gaps in the evidence for screening children for hypertension to prevent adult cardiovascular disease.
Samuels JA, Bell C, Flynn JT. Samuels JA, et al. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). 2014 Jan;16(1):82. doi: 10.1111/jch.12234. Epub 2013 Dec 24. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). 2014. PMID: 24410944 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

Screening for hypertension in children and adolescents to prevent cardiovascular disease.
Thompson M, Dana T, Bougatsos C, Blazina I, Norris SL. Thompson M, et al. Pediatrics. 2013 Mar;131(3):490-525. doi: 10.1542/peds.2012-3523. Epub 2013 Feb 25. Pediatrics. 2013. PMID: 23439904

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