Study: High Blood Pressure Is Vastly Underdiagnosed in Kids

Study: High Blood Pressure Is Vastly Underdiagnosed in Kids
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A new national study that looked at 15 years of health records for thousands of pediatric patients suggests that hypertension in children is a greatly underdiagnosed condition.

Of the children actually diagnosed with hypertension, fewer than 6 percent were prescribed medication for their condition. 

 


 



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