Check BP at health supervision visits for children with the following:* |
Perinatal risk factors: - Born at <32 weeks gestation
- Small for gestational age
- Birth weight <1500 g
- Neonatal complications that required intensive care or umbilical artery catheterization
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Recurrent urinary tract infection, hematuria, or proteinuria |
Renal disease or urologic malformation |
Family history of congenital renal disease |
Solid organ or hematopoietic cell transplant |
Malignancy or other systemic illness associated with hypertension (eg, neurofibromatosis, tuberous sclerosis complex, sickle cell disease) |
Treatment with drugs known to raise blood pressure (eg, caffeine, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, glucocorticoids) |
Evidence of elevated intracranial pressure |