From: Hypertensive crisis in children: an experience in a single tertiary care center in Korea
Characteristics | Hypertensive emergency (N = 31) | Hypertensive urgency (N = 20) | P value |
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Age (year) | 8.46 ± 5.20 | 5.56 ± 4.71 | 0.051 |
Sex | |||
Male (%) | 18 (58.1) | 10 (50.0) | 0.572 |
Female (%) | 13 (41.9) | 10 (50.0) | |
Etiology | |||
Renal origin (%) | 10 (32.3) | 5 (25.0) | 0.951 |
Renal disease (%) | 5 (16.1) | 3 (15.0) | 1.000 |
Postrenal disease (%) | 2 (6.4) | 1 (5.0) | 1.000 |
Renal artery stenosis (%) | 3 (9.8) | 1 (5.0) | 1.000 |
Cancer (%) | 16 (51.7) | 8 (40.0) | 0.267 |
Sepsis (%) | 2 (6.4) | 2 (10.0) | 0.640 |
Hypoxic brain injury (%) | 1 (3.2) | 5 (25.0) | 0.029 |
Cardiogenic (%) | 2 (6.4) | 0 (0.0) | 0.514 |