%0 Journal Article
%T Epidemiological, Diagnostic, Therapeutic and Progressive Aspects of Arterial Hypertension in Children at the University Hospital Center of Bouaké (Côte d¡¯Ivoire)
%A Richard Azagoh-Kouadio
%A Yao Kossonou Roland Yeboua
%A Kouassi Christian Yao
%A John Patrick Yenan
%A Iburaima Alamun Akanji
%A Kouadio Vincent Ass¨¦
%J Open Journal of Pediatrics
%P 379-390
%@ 2160-8776
%D 2024
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ojped.2024.142037
%X <strong>I</strong><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><strong>ntroduction</strong><strong>:</strong></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> Arterial hypertension (AH) in
children is under-diagnose</span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">d and often has a poor prognosis. The aim of this study was to describe
the epidemiological, diagnostic, therapeutic and evolutionary aspects of
hypertension in children at the University Hospital of Bouak¨¦, with a view to
improving the prognosis.</span></span><span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"> </span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Methods:</span></b></span><span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> This was a cross-sectional, analytical study
carried out in the paediatrics department of Bouak¨¦ University Hospital. It
concerned the medical records of children aged 4 to 15 hospitalised from 1
January 2017 to 31 December 2020 for hypertension. Diagnosis was based on the
simplified blood pressure guidelines of the Expert Consensus of the French
Society of Hypertension. The variables studied were epidemiological,
diagnostic, therapeutic and evolutionary. Quantitative variables were compared
at the significance level </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">p</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> ¡Ü </span></span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">0.05</span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">.</span></span><span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"> </span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Results:</span></b></span><span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> The hospital incidence of hypertension was 0.32%
(69/21,642). The sex ratio was 0.72. 97.1% of the children were over five years
of age. Oedema (49.3%) and breathing difficulties (20.2%) were the </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">main reasons for consultation. Hypertension was
classified as threatenin</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">g (56.5%), confirmed (31.9%) and borderline
(11.6%). The cause was renal in 66.</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">7%,
dominated by impure nephrotic syndrome (24.6%). Treatment</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> for
hypertension consisted mainly of a diuretic (79.7%) and a calcium channel blo</span><span
%K Hypertension
%K Children
%K Renal Pathologies
%K Prognosis
%K C&amp
%K #244
%K te d¡¯Ivoire
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=131880