Screening for hypertension in children and adolescents to prevent cardiovascular disease : systematic review for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force / Matthew Thompson [and four others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thompson, Matthew, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hypertension--Diagnosis.

Hypertension.

Medical screening.

Hypertension--prevention & control.

Mass Screening.

Medical Subjects:

Hypertension--prevention & control.

Mass Screening.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (v, 143 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Rockville (MD) : Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, [2013]

Summary:

"The purpose of this review is to summarize the evidence on screening for hypertension (detecting undiagnosed hypertension) in primary care. This review aims to determine the effectiveness of hypertension screening in primary care in reducing the risk of cardiovascular events and all-cause mortality. Determining the effectiveness of screening in reducing blood pressure (BP) is a subsidiary aim. The harms of hypertension screening--excluding harms caused by treatment--will also be reviewed"--P. i.

Contents:

1. Introduction: Purpose; Background

2. Methods: Analytic Framework; Key Questions; Contextual Questions; Literature Search and Review; Study Selection; External Review; Quality Assessment, Data Abstraction and Analysis

3. Results: Summary of the Literature Search and Screening Results; Update of the Literature Search and Screen; Discussion of Results; Conclusion; Contextual Questions

Reference List

Appendices: A. Detailed Search Strategies; B. Contextual Questions Search Strategies; C. Excluded Studies Screen 1; D. Excluded Studies Screen 2.

Notes:

Description based on: online resource; title from PDF information screen (NCBI, viewed October 31, 2022).

Includes bibliographical references.

Cover title.

"3 October 2012".

OCLC:

830008081

Publisher Number:

235967 CaOOCEL (Public Documents)