Final Recommendation Statement: Screening for Primary Hypertension in Children and Adolescents

Final Recommendation Statement: Screening for Primary Hypertension in Children and Adolescents

Final Recommendation Statement: Screening for Primary Hypertension in Children and Adolescents

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) sent this bulletin at 10/21/2013 04:37 PM EDT

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force posted today on its Web site the final Recommendation Statement on screening for primary hypertension in children and adolescents, which was previously published in Pediatrics and Annals of Internal Medicine. To view the recommendation and the evidence on which it is based, please go to http://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf13/hypechild/hypechldfinalrec.htm. A fact sheet that explains the final recommendation in plain language is available at http://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf13/hypechild/hypechildfact.pdf.