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  2. Updated pediatric blood pressure guidelines catch more kids ...

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    After analyzing data on nearly 4,000 adults who had their blood pressure recorded in childhood, researchers concluded that the new guidelines would have done a better job at identifying the kids ...

  3. American Academy of Pediatrics - Wikipedia

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    The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is the largest professional association of pediatricians in the United States. [1] It is headquartered in Itasca, Illinois , and maintains an office in Washington, D.C. [ 2 ] The AAP has published hundreds of policy statements, ranging from advocacy issues to practice recommendations.

  4. Korotkoff sounds - Wikipedia

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    Current clinical practice guidelines recommend using the fifth Korotkoff sound (but if this is undetectable, using the fourth). [ 10 ] [ 11 ] The time average of the first Korotkoff sound represents a reliable pressure marker of systole of the heart.

  5. List of abbreviations for medical organisations and personnel

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    AAP: American Academy of Pediatrics: ABEM: American Board of Emergency Medicine: ABMS: American Board of Medical Specialties: ACCP: American College of Chest Physicians: ACEP: American College of Emergency Physicians: ACMPH: American College of Military Public Health: ACGME: Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education: ACOG

  6. Blood pressure - Wikipedia

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    Blood pressure measurements can be influenced by circumstances of measurement. [10] Guidelines use different thresholds for office (also known as clinic), home (when the person measures their own blood pressure at home), and ambulatory blood pressure (using an automated device over a 24-hour period).

  7. The AAP's New Guidelines for Childhood Obesity Are Getting ...

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    Additionally, pediatric gastroenterologist Rebecca Winderman, MD posted a video on Twitter on January 19 supporting the guidelines, including the use of medication to treat children with obesity ...

  8. New study finds kids exposed to less sugar in infancy are ...

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    Similarly, a 2021 study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that the amount of children and teens, particularly Black children and teens living with type 2 diabetes ...

  9. Hypertension - Wikipedia

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    Hypertension occurs in around 0.2 to 3% of newborns; however, blood pressure is not measured routinely in healthy newborns. [42] Hypertension is more common in high risk newborns. A variety of factors, such as gestational age, postconceptional age and birth weight needs to be taken into account when deciding if a blood pressure is normal in a ...