Treatment of obesity-related hypertension in children and adolescents

Current Hypertension Reports

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 224-231

  Halbach, Susan M ^a   Flynn, Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Bariatric surgery; Blood pressure; BMI; Body mass index; BP; Child; Comorbidity; Hypertension; Lifestyle changes; Obesity; Target organ damage; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; METFORMIN; PLACEBO; TETRAHYDROLIPSTATIN;

AEROBIC EXERCISE; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMORBIDITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MASS SCREENING; OBESITY; ORGAN INJURY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; SODIUM RESTRICTION; TREATMENT PLANNING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LIFE STYLE; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84877795545     PISSN: 15226417     EISSN: 15343111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11906-013-0334-7     Document Type: Article

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