AUTHOR=Awazu Midori 

TITLE=Isolated Nocturnal Hypertension in Children

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Pediatrics

VOLUME=Volume 10 - 2022

YEAR=2022

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/pediatrics/articles/10.3389/fped.2022.823414

DOI=10.3389/fped.2022.823414

ISSN=2296-2360

ABSTRACT=Isolated nocturnal hypertension (INH) is attracting attention because it has been reported to correlate with target organ damage and cardiovascular events in adults. INH has also been reported in children especially in those with underlying diseases including chronic kidney disease and is associated with markers of early target organ damage. INH consists the major part of nocturnal hypertension. On the other hand, masked hypertension is largely attributed to INH. INH is usually diagnosed by ambulatory blood pressure monitoring. Recently it has become possible to measure sleep blood pressure by automated home blood pressure device feasible also in children. The epidemiology, methodology and reproducibility, pathophysiology, relation to target organ damage, and treatment of INH in children will be reviewed here along with adult data.