TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Pediatric Hypertension A1 - Kennedy, Thomas M. A1 - Selbst, Steven M. A2 - Tenenbein, Milton A2 - Macias, Charles G. A2 - Sharieff, Ghazala Q. A2 - Yamamoto, Loren G. A2 - Schafermeyer, Robert Y1 - 2019 N1 - T2 - Strange and Schafermeyer's Pediatric Emergency Medicine, 5e AB - If an initial oscillometric (automated) blood pressure measurement is abnormal, the initial measurement should be discarded and two additional oscillometric measurements obtained. If the average of these two measurements is ≥90th percentile for gender, age, and height, then the blood pressure should be measured twice using auscultatory technique with an appropriately sized cuff and these two values averaged to determine the patient’s blood pressure classification.The funduscopic examination is the most frequently missed component of the evaluation of hypertensive patients.The goals of evaluation and management for hypertensive patients in the emergency department are to classify the severity of hypertension, identify specific etiologies requiring unique treatments, identify contraindications to urgent initiation of antihypertensive medications, determine proper therapy, if needed, and disposition.In pediatric hypertensive emergencies, blood pressure should be reduced by no more than 25% of the planned reduction over the first 8 hours of treatment. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/19 UR - accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1155297359 ER -