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2007 PAS/IPHA Schedule (PDF)

American Society of Hypertension article dated May 17, 2005
"ASH/IPHA symposium to address childhood hypertension"

Information for parents and families:

American Heart Association: “High Blood Pressure in Children” http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4609

Pediatric On-Call: Hypertension (high blood pressure) in Children
http://www.pediatriconcall.com/forpatients/CommonChild/hypertension.asp

Heart Center Online: High Blood Pressure in Children
http://www.heartcenteronline.com/myheartdr/Common/articles.cfm?ARTID=348

Food and Drug Administration: “Checking Up on Blood Pressure Monitors”
http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/2002/502_hbp.html

KidsHealth: High Blood Pressure
http://kidshealth.org/parent/medical/heart/hypertension.html

Lucille Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford: High Blood Pressure in Children and Adolescents
http://www.lpch.org/DiseaseHealthInfo/HealthLibrary/cardiac/hbpca.html

Up-To-Date for parents: Definition and diagnosis of hypertension in children and adolescents
http://patients.uptodate.com/topic.asp?file=pedineph/11964

WebMD: Check Blood Pressure Starting at Age 3
http://my.webmd.com/content/article/87/99505.htm?lastselectedguid={5FE84E90-BC77-4056-A91C-9531713CA348}

Information for Healthcare Professionals:

American Society of Hypertension
http://www.ash-us.org/

British Association for Paediatric Nephrology
http://www.bapn.org/

Food and Drug Administration – Pediatric Drug Development
http://www.fda.gov/cder/pediatric/index.htm

National High Blood Pressure Education Program
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/about/nhbpep/index.htm

Blood Pressure Tables for Children and Adolescents
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/hypertension/child_tbl.htm

DASH Diet
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/hbp/dash/

PEDHTN E-mail list
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IPHA Newsletters:
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Spring 2003
Summer 2003
Spring 2005
Spring 2006

 

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