Society guideline links: Hypertension in children

Introduction — This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.

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Links to related guidelines are provided separately:

●(See "Society guideline links: Hypertension in adults".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Obesity in children".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Fibromuscular dysplasia".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Hypertensive emergencies and urgencies in children".)

International

●World Health Organization (WHO): Guideline – Sodium intake for adults and children (2012)

Canada

●Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS): Position statement on dietary intake of sodium by children – Why it matters (2020)

●Hypertension Canada: Guidelines for the prevention, diagnosis, risk assessment, and treatment of hypertension in adults and children (2020)

United States

●American Diabetes Association (ADA): Standards of care in diabetes (2023)

•Children and adolescents

●American Heart Association (AHA): A scientific statement on pediatric primary hypertension – An underrecognized condition (2023)

●AHA: A scientific statement on ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in children and adolescents, update (2022)

●US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF): Final recommendation statement on high blood pressure in children and adolescents – Screening (2020)

●AHA: Scientific statement on the measurement of blood pressure in humans (2019)

●American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP): Clinical practice guideline for screening and management of high blood pressure in children and adolescents (2017)

Europe

●European Society of Hypertension (ESH): Practice guidelines for office and out-of-office blood pressure measurement (2021)

●ESH: Guidelines for the management of high blood pressure in children and adolescents (2016)

Japan

●[In Japanese] Japanese Society of Hypertension (JSH): Guidelines for hypertension treatment – High blood pressure in children (2019)

●[In English] JSH: Guidelines for the management of hypertension (2019)