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Table 3 Complications among 78 juvenile SLE patients

From: Clinical presentations and outcomes of Filipino juvenile systemic lupus erythematosus

Item

N

%

Infection

27

34.5

   Pneumonia

11

14.1

   Sepsis

8

10.2

   Tuberculosis (pulmonary, endotracheal, miliary)

6

7.7

   Cellulitis

2

2.5

Neurologic

15

19.0

   Seizure requiring therapy for 6 months

12

15.3

   Cerebral atrophy by imaging (Cranial CT scan)

2

2.5

   Lateral rectus palsy

1

1.2

Musculoskeletal

5

8.7

   Deforming or erosive arthritis

3

3.8

   Osteoporosis with fracture or vertebral collapse

2

2.5

   Osteomyelitis

1

1.2

   Muscle atrophy or weakness

1

1.2

Skin

4

5.0

   Scarring chronic alopecia

2

2.5

   Extensive scarring or panniculum other than scalp and pulp space

2

2.5

Gastrointestinal

2

2.0

   Autoimmune hepatitis by biopsy

2

2.0

Renal

2

2.5

   Estimated or measured glomerular filtration rate < 50%

2

2.5

Growth failure

4

5.1

Pubertal delay

2

2.5

Ocular

1

1.2

   Ischemic retinopathy

1

1.2

Pulmonary

1

1.2

   Pulmonary hypertension

1

1.2