Archives of Clinical Hypertension

10.17352/ach ◽  
2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Hypertension

Antenatal corticosteroid therapy and blood pressure at 14 years of age in preterm children

2000 ◽  
Vol 98 (2) ◽  
pp. 137-142 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. W. DOYLE ◽  
G. W. FORD ◽  
N. M. DAVIS ◽  
C. CALLANAN
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Corticosteroid Therapy ◽  
Animal Species ◽  
Antenatal Corticosteroid ◽  
Antenatal Corticosteroids ◽  
Preterm Children ◽  
Clinical Hypertension ◽  
Blood Pressures ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Mercury Sphygmomanometer

Antenatal corticosteroid therapy substantially improves the survival rate of preterm infants, with few side effects. Higher blood pressure in adulthood has been described in several animal species after exposure to antenatal corticosteroids, but there are no similar reports in humans. The objective of the present study was to determine the relationship between exposure to antenatal corticosteroid therapy and blood pressure at 14 years of age. This was a cohort study of 210 preterm survivors with birthweights of < 1501 g born in the Royal Women's Hospital, Melbourne, between 1 January 1977 and 31 March 1982. Blood pressure was measured in 177 subjects (84.3%) at 14 years of age with a standard mercury sphygmomanometer. Children exposed to antenatal corticosteroids (n = 89) had higher systolic and diastolic blood pressures than those not exposed to corticosteroids (n = 88) [mean difference (95% confidence interval) (mmHg): systolic, 4.1 (0.1–8.0); diastolic, 2.8 (0.05–5.6)]. However, few had blood pressure in the hypertensive range. It is concluded that antenatal corticosteroid therapy is associated with higher systolic and diastolic blood pressures in adolescence, and might lead to clinical hypertension in survivors well beyond birth.

Clinical hypertension

2002 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. xiii-xiv
Author(s):  
George A. Mensah
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Hypertension

scholarly journals Seasonal Blood Pressure Variation: A Neglected Confounder in Clinical Hypertension Research and Practice

2020 ◽  
Vol 33 (7) ◽  
pp. 595-596
Author(s):  
George S Stergiou ◽  
Paolo Palatini ◽  
Anastasios Kollias ◽  
Konstantinos G Kyriakoulis ◽  
Martin Myers ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Pressure Variation ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
Clinical Hypertension ◽  
Blood Pressure Variation

scholarly journals Role of Endothelin-1 in Clinical Hypertension

Hypertension ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 52 (3) ◽  
pp. 452-459 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neeraj Dhaun ◽  
Jane Goddard ◽  
Donald E. Kohan ◽  
David M. Pollock ◽  
Ernesto L. Schiffrin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Endothelin 1 ◽  
Clinical Hypertension
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