RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Hypertension in the newborn baby
JF Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition
JO Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
SP F78
OP F81
DO 10.1136/fn.86.2.F78
VO 86
IS 2
A1 Watkinson, M
YR 2002
UL http://fn.bmj.com/content/86/2/F78.abstract
AB Hypertension is rare in the newborn infant. It has a cumbersome definition and diagnosis, and screening is not justified using present definitions and technology. Thresholds for starting antihypertensive treatment in the first month of life are not clear, and the treatment is difficult, with idiosyncratic responses to drugs in neonates with varying renal and hepatic function.