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BNP Marker of Critical Heart Disease in Infants and Children
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Children presenting in emergency departments and intensive care units with hemodynamically significant cardiac disease have markedly elevated levels of B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP), researchers in Atlanta report in the June issue of Pediatrics. Reuters Health Information
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High Aminotransferase Levels Generally Benign in Children
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Although the underlying mechanism has not been established, it appears that isolated elevation of serum aminotransferases is generally benign and need not be a cause for immediate action in most young patients, according to Israeli researchers. Reuters Health Information
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Prehypertension Persists, Progresses in Adolescence
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Adolescents with prehypertension progress to hypertension at a rate of about 7% a year, according to a new analysis of data from the National Childhood Blood Pressure database. Reuters Health Information
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