Post-Injury Hypertension in Pediatric Renal Trauma Survivors: A Population-Based Cohort Study

Hypertension following childhood blunt renal trauma is poorly understood due to limited, single-institution data with variable follow-up. Characterization is essential to determine appropriate aftercare for injured children. We hypothesized that the incidence of hypertension is greater among individuals who sustained blunt renal injury than in uninjured controls in a population-based cohort.