Table 1 Etiologies of the patients who were treated for hypertensive crisis
From: Hypertensive crisis in children: an experience in a single tertiary care center in Korea
Etiology | Number of patients | Percentage (%) |
|---|---|---|
Kidney origin | 15 | 29.5 |
Renal disease | 8 | 15.7 |
APSGN | 3 | 6.0 |
Nephrotic syndrome | 2 | 3.9 |
TMA | 2 | 3.9 |
Drug-induced TIN | 1 | 2.0 |
Postrenal disease | 3 | 6.0 |
Reflux nephropathy | 1 | 2.0 |
Ureter stricture | 1 | 2.0 |
Post renal stone | 1 | 2.0 |
Renal artery stenosis | 4 | 7.8 |
Cancer | 24 | 47.0 |
Wilms’ tumor | 3 | 6.0 |
Neuroblastoma | 2 | 3.9 |
Other solid tumor | 7 | 13.7 |
Hematologic cancer | 12 | 23.5 |
Sepsis | 4 | 7.8 |
Hypoxic brain injury | 6 | 11.8 |
Cardiogenic | 2 | 3.9 |
Total | 51 | 100 |