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Table 3 Blood pressure and treatment in children with BD with renal artery involvement

From: Hypertension as a prominent manifestation secondary to renal artery lesions in pediatric Behcet’s disease

Patient Number

Blood pressure(L/R)

RAS activation

Renal artery stenosis

Renal atrophy

Abnormal renal function (urinalysis, serum creatinine)

Markers of renal injury elevation

Glucocorticoid

Anti-hypertension drugs

1

L 146/116

R 144/106

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

MPPT(10 mg/kg.d*3days), prednisone oral(1 mg/kg)

Amlodipine(0.23 mg/kg.d)

prazosin hydrochloride(0.05 mg/kg.d)

2

 L 136/52

R 133/50

ND

Y

Y

N

ND

MPPT(10 mg/kg.d*3days twice), prednisone oral(1 mg/kg.d)

Amlodipine(0.34 mg

/kg.d)

3

 L 128/102

R 140/108

Y

Y

Y

N

Y

prednisone oral(1.4 mg/kg.d)

Amlodipine(0.33 mg

/kg.d)

Captopril(1.27 mg/kg.d)

Metoprolol(1.69 mg/kg.d)

4

 L 125/70

R 135/80

ND

Y

N

N

Y

MPPT(10 mg/kg.d*3days )

prednisone oral(1 mg/kg.d)

Amlodipine(0.30 mg

/kg.d)

Captopril(1.02 mg/kg.d)

5

 L 138/94

R148/98

Y

Y

Y

N

Y

MPPT(10 mg/kg.d*3daystwice), prednisone oral(1 mg/kg.d)

Nifedipine nifedipine sustained-release tablet(0.6 mg/kg.d)

losartan potassium(1 mg/kg.d)

spironolactone(0.4 mg/kg.d)

Prazosin (0.08 mg/kg.d)

6

 L 149/97

R 154/77

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

MPPT(20 mg/kg.d*3days*4 times), prednisone oral (0.8 mg/kg.d)

Spironolactone(0.67 mg/kg.d)

Metoprolol(0.76 mg/kg.d)

Prazosin(0.05 mg/kg.d)