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Diagnosing Pediatric Arterial Hypertension: An Algorithm

An algorithm for the differential diagnosis of secondary arterial hypertension in children, including laboratory and instrumental search criteria.

🅰Algorithm for the diagnosis of arterial hypertension in children. 👉In children, arterial hypertension most often has a secondary cause. In adults, in 90% of cases, the cause of arterial hypertension is not found, and a diagnosis of primary hypertension (also called essential arterial hypertension) is made. ✅Source: E.V. Prokhorov 2011.