You see a 3-year-old with hypertension (documented on three different visits) in your primary car...
You see a 3-year-old with hypertension (documented on three different visits) in your primary care clinic. Describe the workup, differential diagnoses, assessment, and management. How would your plan of care be different if the child were 10 years old?
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1. HYPERTENSION : Hypertension is defined as raise in normal blood pressure in the body. The normal blood pressure is 120/80 mm of Hg. When the range increases to abnormal then it indicates hypertension.
WORK UP FOR HYPERTENSION : The main goal for the work up with hypertension are - to find out the causes of hypertension, to find out the risk factors of cardiovascular diseases, to find out the blood tests, any abnormal raise in the values of blood, etc
2.DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS FOR HYPERTENSION : The diagnostic findings used in hypertension are monitoring of blood levels, age of the person, kidney diseases, any heart disorders, monitoring of cardiac functions, etc
3. ASSESSMENT : Assess for the family history of hypertension, obtain complete information on health related problems of the child, assess for any congenital abnormality to the child, collect history on kidney relayed disease conditions, monitor for vital signs, obtain a history of type of hypertension associated problems, etc
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