Objectives

After participating in this educational activity, attendees should be able to

1.  Summarize the AAP Hypertension Screening Guidelines.
2.  Define the diagnosis of Hypertension.
3.  Develop a workflow to recognize Hypertension.
4.  Recommend an approach to limit transiently elevated reading.
5.  Classify the stages of Hypertension.
6.  Propose a workup for pediatric Hypertension.

Faculty

Hillary Branch, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
UMMS - Baystate

Yifeng Zhang, DO
Pediatric Resident
UMMS - Baystate

Faculty Disclosure

The design and content of Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education ( CE ) activities support quality improvement in healthcare and provide fair and balanced views of therapeutic options.  Faculty or planner conflicts of interest are resolved before the educational activity.

None of the members of the faculty and planning committee for this educational event have commercial relationships with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling or distributing health care goods and services consumed by or used on patients.