Prevalence of hypertension and pre-hypertension among adolescents

…, TS Poffenbarger, JL Turner, KD Franco… - The Journal of …, 2007 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of hypertension and pre-hypertension on the basis
of the 2004 National High Blood Pressure Education Program Working Group guidelines …

Isolated systolic hypertension, obesity, and hyperkinetic hemodynamic states in children

JM Sorof, T Poffenbarger, K Franco, L Bernard… - The Journal of …, 2002 - Elsevier
Objective: To determine the factors that contribute to the pathogenesis of isolated systolic
hypertension in children. Methods: School-based measurement was performed of blood …

Ambulatory blood pressure and left ventricular mass index in hypertensive children

JM Sorof, G Cardwell, K Franco, RJ Portman - Hypertension, 2002 - Am Heart Assoc
To determine whether ambulatory blood pressure is more predictive of left ventricular
hypertrophy than is casual blood pressure in hypertensive children, echocardiography and …

Evaluation of white coat hypertension in children: importance of the definitions of normal ambulatory blood pressure and the severity of casual hypertension

JM Sorof, T Poffenbarger, K Franco… - American journal of …, 2001 - academic.oup.com
To better describe the phenomenon of white coat hypertension (WCH) in children, we reviewed
our single-center experience using ambulatory blood pressure monitoring to determine: 1…

Effect of stimulants on 24-h ambulatory blood pressure in children with ADHD: a double-blind, randomized, cross-over trial

JA Samuels, K Franco, F Wan, JM Sorof - Pediatric Nephrology, 2006 - Springer
Millions of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are treated with
stimulant medications. To evaluate cardiovascular risk, 24-h ambulatory blood pressure …

Characteristics of hypertensive children identified by primary care referral compared with school-based screening

JM Sorof, J Turner, K Franco, RJ Portman - The Journal of pediatrics, 2004 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVES: To determine whether there are clinical differences between children referred
for hypertension evaluation from a primary care practice and children with hypertension …

[PDF][PDF] Psychiatric symptoms of dementia: Treatable, but no silver bullet

K FRANCO - Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine, 2009 - academia.edu
Behavioral problems are common in dementia and may reduce the quality of life of the patient
and disrupt the home life of family members. Families want a pill that can cure the myriad …

[PDF][PDF] Relationship between clinic and ambulatory blood pressure measurements in children

D Lai, TS Poffenbarger, KD Franco… - Journal of Data …, 2004 - pdfs.semanticscholar.org
Decision making on diagnosis of hypertension is important to clinicians, patients and general
public. We analyzed the agreement between clinic blood pressure (BP) measurements (…

P-472: Hypertension, obesity, and hyperkinetic hemodynamic states in children and adolescents

JM Sorof, L Bernard, K Franco… - American Journal of …, 2002 - search.proquest.com
Objectives: To investigate the relationship between hypertension, obesity, and hyperkinetic
hemodynamic states in children, we reviewed data on SBP, DBP, heart rate (HR), and BP …

P-614: Multiple clinic measurements do not improve the relative agreement between clinic and daytime ambulatory BP in children

JM Sorof, MA Eissa, D Lai, K Franco… - American Journal of …, 2001 - search.proquest.com
Assessment of clinic BP (CBP) alone is reported to be unreliable for the evaluation of
hypertension in children. To determine whether averaging multiple CBP measurements improves …