METHOD OF PREDICTING FORMATION OF ESSENTIAL ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION AS PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER IN CHILDREN OF PRIMARY SCHOOL AGE Russian patent published in 2009 - IPC A61B5/00 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: risk factors are determined: sex - x1, intrauterine hypotrophy - x2, genealogical medical history on hypertension illness - x3, frequent ARVIs in child - x4, hypertension-hydrocephalic syndrome - x5, presence of stress - x6, incomplete family - x7, verbal- mnestic activity disorders - x8, chronic tonsillitis, adenoiditis - x9, attending children's pre-school institutions - x10. Factors are given numerical values according to the following scheme: risk factor x is given value 1 in case of male sex, 2 - in case of female sex, for other factors (x2 - x10) in case of absence of risk factor value 1 is given, in case of risk factor presence - value 2 is given. Prognostic coefficient Y is calculated in accordance with suggested formula. If value Y>0.5, favourable prognosis is made, possibility of essential arterial hypertension occurrence in children is low. If value Y≤0.5, unfavourable prognosis is made, possibility of essential arterial hypertension occurrence in children is high.

EFFECT: can be used in predicting formation of essential arterial hypertension as psychosomatic disorder in children of primary school age.

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