JAMA Network Open article, "Clinician Perceptions of Barriers and Strategies to Improve Pediatric Hypertension Detection" by Abbas H. Zaidi, Erica Sood, Sarah De Ferranti, et al. Published online February 27, 2026.

Clinicians identified lack of standardized pathways, limited training, EMR inefficiencies, equipment issues, and poor specialist coordination as key barriers to #PediatricHypertension detection; explicit recommendations addressed each barrier.

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A new study finds an “alarming” rise in high blood pressure in young people under the age of 19 that’s driven largely by childhood obesity.

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Kids with high blood pressure face a much greater risk of dying from heart disease by their mid 50s, a new study finds.

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