Diagnostic tests in adolescents with hypertension infrequently used, study says

July 23, 2012
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Results published in JAMA’s Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine; study focused on Michigan Medicaid adolescents

Ann Arbor, Mich. — A study of adolescents with hypertension enrolled in the Michigan Medicaid program suggests that guideline-recommended diagnostic tests – echocardiograms and renal ultrasonography – were infrequently used, according to a report published Online First by Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, a JAMA Network publication.

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