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Hypertension in children and adolescents - pharmacological treatment

Dagmara Chmurzyńska, MD

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Hypertension in children and adolescents - pharmacological treatment

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For the majority of children and adolescents, lifestyle modification in terms of dietary changes and increased physical activity is used to treat hypertension. However, this does not apply to patients with established second-degree hypertension and those with established first-degree hypertension and organ damage. In both groups, pharmacological treatment should be included.

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