(SOURCES: Esther Y. Yoon, M.D., M.P.H., assistant professor,
pediatrics, University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann
Arbor; Sarah de Ferranti, M.D., M.P.H., director, preventive
cardiology clinic, Boston Children's Hospital; July 23, 2012,
Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, online) MONDAY,
July 23 (HealthDay News) -- High blood pressure is a growing
problem in teens, partly due to the rising number of obese
teens, and federal guidelines suggest specific tests be done to
diagnose the effects of the condition. However, fewer than one
in four teens with high blood pressure receives the tests
recommended by U.S. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
guidelines, a new study finds. On the other hand, about half of
those in the study received electrocardiograms (EKGs), which are
not recommended to help with diagnosis in children with high
blood pressure. "We found that the most common test used for
adolescents was the EKG, a non-recommended test, and that the
recommended tests were both infrequentl