Table 3.
Signs and symptoms of SRC.
| Patients with hypertensive SRC (N = 66) | N (%) |
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| Systolic blood pressure >140 mmHg | 64 (97) |
| Diastolic blood pressure > 90 mmHg | 54 (82) |
| Rise in systolic blood pressure >30 mmHg compared to baseline | 46 (70) |
| Rise in diastolic blood pressure >20 mmHg compared to baseline | 37 (56) |
| Increase in serum creatinine >50 % above baseline OR serum creatinine > 120% of upper limit of normal for local laboratory | 60 (91) |
| Proteinuria: >2+ by dipstick and confirmed by protein:creatinine ratio > upper limits of normal | 25 (38) |
| Hematuria: >2+ by dipstick or >10 RBCs/HPF (without menstruation) | 18 (27) |
| Thrombocytopenia: < 100,000 platelets/mm3 | 20 (30) |
| Hemolysis: by blood smear or increased reticulocyte count | 27 (41) |
| Hypertensive encephalopathy | 9 (14) |
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| Patients with normotensive SRC (N = 10) | N (%) |
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| Systolic blood pressure >140 mmHg | 2 (20) |
| Diastolic blood pressure >90 mmHg | 2 (20) |
| Rise in systolic blood pressure >30 mmHg compared to baseline | 3 (30) |
| Rise in diastolic blood pressure >20 mmHg compared to baseline | 2 (20) |
| Increase in serum creatinine >50% above baseline OR serum creatinine > 120% of upper limit of normal for local laboratory | 9 (90) |
| Proteinuria: >2+ by dipstick and confirmed by protein:creatinine ratio > upper limits of normal | 5 (50) |
| Hematuria: >2+ by dipstick or >10 RBCs/HPF (without menstruation) | 4 (40) |
| Thrombocytopenia: <100,000 platelets/mm3 | 2 (20) |
| Hemolysis: by blood smear or increased reticulocyte count | 3 (30) |
| Hypertensive encephalopathy | 1 (10) |