Every additional hour of sleep was associated with lower odds of hypertension while awake. The same connection was found with going to sleep earlier.

Pediatricians can address obesity in children and implement appropriate preventive measures.

Early predictors of cardiovascular disease can be observed in children and adolescents with elevated blood pressure.

Hospira’s product may expose children to twice the FDA-recommended limit of daily aluminum for parenteral nutrition.

Post-COVID conditions in the study were rare but potentially serious.

The FDA identified six cases supporting a plausible association between GnRH agonist use and pseudotumor cerebri. Five were undergoing treatment for central precocious puberty and one for transgender care.

Home monitoring should not be used to screen for hypertension.

Acute kidney injury (AKI), defined as sudden and sustained decrease in glomerular filtration rate, impacts one in five hospitalized children.

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Pediatric nephrology experts collaborated to assemble a list of Five Things Physicians and Patients Should Question based on common assessments, evaluations and treatments.