Because blood pressure tends to increase with age, and doctors don't completely understand why, some medical societies disagree about the effectiveness and safety of treating older adults for high ...

This calculator can help to determine whether a child has a healthy blood pressure for his/her height, age and gender. In boys and girls, the normal range of blood pressure varies based on height ...

It is generally accepted that blood pressure in children depends not only on sex and age but also on the height of the child ... would be defined as hypertensive at 136 mm Hg in the old charts and at ...

A percentile shows the relative position of the child's measurement (such as Blood Pressure or Height) among children of the same sex and age. For example, a boy at the 25th percentile for height is ...

Despite this, only blood pressure and temperature have a reliable evidence base. The accepted ranges of heart and respiration rate vary widely. Methods: This study examined 1109 children aged 4–16 ...

If you have high blood pressure, your heart has to work harder than normal to pump blood throughout your body. Over time, hypertension can lead to serious medical problems including stroke ...

Provide a method for translating pediatric blood pressures, dependent on age, sex, and height (if known), to percentiles ... Example: A 28 month old female with a stature of 92 cm has a recorded blood ...

Can you recall a doctor’s appointment during which your blood pressure wasn’t taken? Probably not. It’s a vital sign—along with heart rate, breathing rate, and body temperature—that ...

Cardiovascular Disease Update Part 1 The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) has updated its guideline on management of high ...

Long-term research studies have demonstrated that people who had high blood pressure in mid-life (from 40-64 years of age) were more likely to develop dementia in later life, particularly vascular ...