Evaluation of administrative case definitions for hypertension in Canadian children

Abstract Hypertension is increasing in children and warrants disease surveillance. We therefore sought to evaluate the validity of case definitions to identify pediatric hypertension in administrative healthcare data. Cases of hypertension in children 3–18 years of age were identified utilizing bloo...

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Main Authors: Allison Dart, Alexander Singer, Rahul Chanchlani, Thomas Ferguson, Navdeep Tangri, Michael Zappitelli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-05-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-33401-x