Does Canadian Pediatric Hypertension Care Follow Guidelines?

Pediatric blood pressure (BP) screening and the prevalence of hypertension (HTN) increased significantly in Canada after the publication of the 2016 Hypertension Canada and 2017 American Academy of Pediatrics guidelines for pediatric HTN, according to a new study.

But BP screening and follow-up by primary care physicians remain suboptimal, according to senior author Rahul Chanchlani, MD, associate professor of pediatric nephrology at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, and colleagues.

The findings show “there are still some gaps in clinical care,” Chanchlani told Medscape…