Testing the value of simple arterial blood pressure measurements in a Greek children’s hospital
Testing the value of simple arterial blood pressure measurements in a Greek children’s hospital作者机构：Centre for Health Services Research Department of Hygiene Epidemiology and Medical Statistics Athens University Medical School Athens Greece Faculty of Nursing National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Athens Greece First University Department of Paediatrics “Aghia Sophia” Children’s Hospital Athens Greece
出 版 物：《Open Journal of Pediatrics》 (儿科学期刊（英文）)
年 卷 期：2013年第3卷第2期
页 面：108-115页
学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100201[医学-内科学(含：心血管病、血液病、呼吸系病、消化系病、内分泌与代谢病、肾病、风湿病、传染病)] 10[医学]
主 题：Children Hypertension Blood Pressure Screening Community Awareness
摘 要：Arterial hypertension begins in childhood and may continue, without intervention, throughout adulthood with severe health *** base of timely diagnosis is the systematic blood pressure (BP) measurement. Background: The study aims at revealing the level of parental and community awareness and testing the value of a simple measurement in uncovering children who need further assessment when performing an in-hospital BP screening. Methods: BP was measured in 600 children (0 - 17 yr, mean age 5.1 ± 4.3 yr) at a Children’s hospital. Parents were asked to fill in a specially structured questionnaire. Results: In 47.2% of the subjects (40.1% of them were Greeks and 60.6% foreigners), BP had never been checked before (p arterial BP had never been checked before. Surprisingly, a health certificate was issued for school purposes for 81.2% of the schoolchildren of this study, and 75.3% of the enrolled children were allowed to participate in sports clubs without first checking BP. Moreover, parents demonstrated a low level of alertness with respect to paediatric hypertension. Conclusions: Simple arterial BP measurements can ensure early detection and thus early referral to specialists.
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