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Neonatal hypertension

MedGen UID:
105294
•Concept ID:
C0452204
•
Disease or Syndrome
Synonym: Hypertension, neonatal
SNOMED CT: Neonatal hypertension (206596003)

Definition

Abnormally high blood pressure in a newborn child. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVNeonatal hypertension

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Nicardipine for the Treatment of Neonatal Hypertension During Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation.
Liviskie CJ, DeAvilla KM, Zeller BN, Najaf T, McPherson CC
Pediatr Cardiol 2019 Jun;40(5):1041-1045. Epub 2019 May 7 doi: 10.1007/s00246-019-02113-3. PMID: 31065758
Neonatal hypertension: diagnosis and management.
Flynn JT
Pediatr Nephrol 2000 Apr;14(4):332-41. doi: 10.1007/s004670050771. PMID: 10775081
Treatment of neonatal hypertension with captopril.
O'Dea RF, Mirkin BL, Alward CT, Sinaiko AR
J Pediatr 1988 Aug;113(2):403-6. doi: 10.1016/s0022-3476(88)80292-0. PMID: 3294363

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Systemic Hypertension in Infants with Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia.
Starr MC, Wilson AC
Curr Hypertens Rep 2022 Jun;24(6):193-203. Epub 2022 Mar 10 doi: 10.1007/s11906-022-01179-4. PMID: 35266097
Neonatal Hypertension.
Hjorten R, Flynn JT
Clin Perinatol 2022 Mar;49(1):27-42. Epub 2022 Jan 21 doi: 10.1016/j.clp.2021.11.003. PMID: 35210006
Neonatal hypertension: an educational review.
Harer MW, Kent AL
Pediatr Nephrol 2019 Jun;34(6):1009-1018. Epub 2018 Jul 5 doi: 10.1007/s00467-018-3996-1. PMID: 29974208
Neonatal hypertension: cases, causes, and clinical approach.
Starr MC, Flynn JT
Pediatr Nephrol 2019 May;34(5):787-799. Epub 2018 May 28 doi: 10.1007/s00467-018-3977-4. PMID: 29808264Free PMC Article
Neonatal hypertension.
Batisky DL
Clin Perinatol 2014 Sep;41(3):529-42. Epub 2014 Jul 29 doi: 10.1016/j.clp.2014.05.004. PMID: 25155725

Diagnosis

Neonatal Hypertension.
Hjorten R, Flynn JT
Clin Perinatol 2022 Mar;49(1):27-42. Epub 2022 Jan 21 doi: 10.1016/j.clp.2021.11.003. PMID: 35210006
Neonatal Hypertension.
Giri P, Roth P
Pediatr Rev 2020 Jun;41(6):307-311. doi: 10.1542/pir.2019-0159. PMID: 32482697
Neonatal hypertension: cases, causes, and clinical approach.
Starr MC, Flynn JT
Pediatr Nephrol 2019 May;34(5):787-799. Epub 2018 May 28 doi: 10.1007/s00467-018-3977-4. PMID: 29808264Free PMC Article
Neonatal hypertension.
Sharma D, Farahbakhsh N, Shastri S, Sharma P
J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med 2017 Mar;30(5):540-550. Epub 2016 May 5 doi: 10.1080/14767058.2016.1177816. PMID: 27072362
Neonatal hypertension.
Batisky DL
Clin Perinatol 2014 Sep;41(3):529-42. Epub 2014 Jul 29 doi: 10.1016/j.clp.2014.05.004. PMID: 25155725

Therapy

The hypertensive neonate.
Flynn JT
Semin Fetal Neonatal Med 2020 Oct;25(5):101138. Epub 2020 Jul 12 doi: 10.1016/j.siny.2020.101138. PMID: 33223015
Neonatal Hypertension.
Giri P, Roth P
Pediatr Rev 2020 Jun;41(6):307-311. doi: 10.1542/pir.2019-0159. PMID: 32482697
Neonatal hypertension: cases, causes, and clinical approach.
Starr MC, Flynn JT
Pediatr Nephrol 2019 May;34(5):787-799. Epub 2018 May 28 doi: 10.1007/s00467-018-3977-4. PMID: 29808264Free PMC Article
Hypertension in the Neonatal Period: An Update.
Pillai A, Sharma D, Kadam P
Curr Hypertens Rev 2016;12(3):186-195. doi: 10.2174/1573402112666161129155224. PMID: 27897107
Hypertension in the neonatal period.
Flynn JT
Curr Opin Pediatr 2012 Apr;24(2):197-204. doi: 10.1097/MOP.0b013e32834f8329. PMID: 22426156

Prognosis

Systemic Hypertension in Infants with Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia.
Starr MC, Wilson AC
Curr Hypertens Rep 2022 Jun;24(6):193-203. Epub 2022 Mar 10 doi: 10.1007/s11906-022-01179-4. PMID: 35266097
Neonatal hypertension: an educational review.
Harer MW, Kent AL
Pediatr Nephrol 2019 Jun;34(6):1009-1018. Epub 2018 Jul 5 doi: 10.1007/s00467-018-3996-1. PMID: 29974208
Neonatal hypertension: cases, causes, and clinical approach.
Starr MC, Flynn JT
Pediatr Nephrol 2019 May;34(5):787-799. Epub 2018 May 28 doi: 10.1007/s00467-018-3977-4. PMID: 29808264Free PMC Article
Neonatal hypertension.
Batisky DL
Clin Perinatol 2014 Sep;41(3):529-42. Epub 2014 Jul 29 doi: 10.1016/j.clp.2014.05.004. PMID: 25155725
Neonatal hypertension.
Flynn JT
J Med Liban 2010 Jul-Sep;58(3):149-55. PMID: 21462844

Clinical prediction guides

Caring for the hypertensive newborn: a prospective evaluation of risk factors, clinical profile, management, and predictors of outcome of neonatal hypertension.
Amrit A, Utture A, More K
Eur J Pediatr 2023 Dec;182(12):5367-5374. Epub 2023 Sep 23 doi: 10.1007/s00431-023-05181-z. PMID: 37740770
The effect of hemodynamically significant patent ductus arteriosus on acute kidney injury and systemic hypertension in extremely low gestational age newborns.
Velazquez DM, Reidy KJ, Sharma M, Kim M, Vega M, Havranek T
J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med 2019 Oct;32(19):3209-3214. Epub 2018 Apr 12 doi: 10.1080/14767058.2018.1460349. PMID: 29642731
Neonatal circulatory failure due to acute hypertensive crisis: clinical and echocardiographic clues.
Louw J, Brown S, Thewissen L, Smits A, Eyskens B, Heying R, Cools B, Levtchenko E, Allegaert K, Gewillig M
Cardiovasc J Afr 2013 Apr;24(3):72-5. doi: 10.5830/CVJA-2013-003. PMID: 23736130Free PMC Article
Blood pressure in the first year of life in healthy infants born at term.
Kent AL, Kecskes Z, Shadbolt B, Falk MC
Pediatr Nephrol 2007 Oct;22(10):1743-9. Epub 2007 Aug 7 doi: 10.1007/s00467-007-0561-8. PMID: 17680275
Epidemiology and management of severe symptomatic neonatal hypertension.
Skalina ME, Kliegman RM, Fanaroff AA
Am J Perinatol 1986 Jul;3(3):235-9. doi: 10.1055/s-2007-999874. PMID: 3718646

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