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Hypertension is common in children after renal transplantation and is associated with multiple factors. Data regarding the prevalence of post-transplant hypertension and the relationship between immunosuppressive drugs and the presistence of hypertension in a large population of North American children have not been available. This study was designed by the North American Pediatric Renal Transplant Cooperative Study to evaluate in a large diverse multicenter population of children the prevalence of hypertension post transplantation, the type of antihypertensive medication used to treat this hypertension and to determinc the relationship between the blood pressure control and the immunosuppressive therapy. Analysis of 277 patients showed the following: (1) 70% of recipients required antihypertensive medications 1 month post transplant compared with 48% pre transplant; the incidence decreased to 59% at 24 months; (2) the majority of children received multiple drug therpay to control blood pressure; (3) hypertension can be controlled effectively despite inherent etiological factors, such as allograft source, prior hypertension and immunosuppressive therapy.
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Jorge Baluarte, H., Gruskin, A.B., Ingelfinger, J.R. et al. Analysis of hypertension in children post renal transplantation —a report of the North American Pediatric Renal Transplant Cooperative Study (NAPRTCS). Pediatr Nephrol 8, 570–573 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00858130
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