Sanjad Sami A
Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, American University Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon.
J Med Liban. 2010 Jul-Sep;58(3):142-5.
While most hypertension in children has been previously considered secondary to renal, cardiovascular or endocrine etiology, a substantial number of children aged 6 to 20 years are now diagnosed with primary or essential hypertension. Hypertension in children and adolescents seems to be increasing over the past two decades. This is attributed at least in part to an increased prevalence of overweight in this population. Essential hypertension in childhood is a diagnosis arrived at by excluding the known causes of secondary hypertension. This paper will discuss the etiology of hypertension in children and adolescents.
虽然此前大多数儿童高血压被认为继发于肾脏、心血管或内分泌病因，但现在有相当数量的6至20岁儿童被诊断为原发性或特发性高血压。在过去二十年中，儿童和青少年高血压的发病率似乎在上升。这至少部分归因于该人群中超重患病率的增加。儿童原发性高血压是通过排除继发性高血压的已知病因后得出的诊断。本文将讨论儿童和青少年高血压的病因。
