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Table 4 Treatment in patients with hypertensive crisis

From: Hypertensive crisis in children: an experience in a single tertiary care center in Korea

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Hypertensive emergency

(N = 31)

Hypertensive urgency

(N = 20)

Total

(N = 51)

HD → NCR (%)

10 (32.3)

3 (15.0)

13 (25.5)

  NCR only (%)

4 (12.9)

5 (25.0)

9 (17.6)

HD → LAB (%)

3 (9.7)

4 (20.0)

7 (13.7)

  LAB only (%)

5 (16.1)

1 (5.0)

6 (11.8)

HD → NTP (%)

0 (0.0)

3 (15.0)

3 (5.9)

  NTP only (%)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

Transition (%)

6 (19.4)

4 (20.0)

10 (19.6)

  LAB → NCR (%)

4 (12.9)

2 (10.0)

6 (11.8)

  NCR → LAB (%)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

  NTP → NCR (%)

3 (9.7)

0 (0.0)

3 (5.9)

  NTP → LAB (%)

0 (0.0)

1 (5.0)*

1 (2.0)

HD only (%)

3 (9.7)

0 (0.0)

3 (5.9)

  1. HD, hydralazine; LAB, labetalol; NCR, nicardipine; NTP, nitroprusside
  2. * 1 patient used NCR → NTP → LAB
  3. Transition time: mean 50 hours