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. 2018 Aug 16;6:226. doi: 10.3389/fped.2018.00226

Table 1.

Final EULAR/PRINTO/PRES childhood GPA criteria.

Criteria Description Sensitivity (%) Specificity (%)
A PATIENT IS SAID TO HAVE GPA WHEN THREE OF THE FOLLOWING SIX CRITERIA ARE PRESENT:
Histopathology Granulomatous inflammation within the wall of an artery or in the perivascular or extravascular area 54 99.6
Upper airway involvement Chronic purulent or bloody nasal discharge or recurrent epistaxis/crusts/ granulomata Nasal septum perforation or saddle nose deformity Chronic or recurrent sinus inflammation 83 99
Laryngo-tracheo-bronchial involvement Subglottic, tracheal, or bronchial stenosis 22 99.8
Pulmonary involvement Chest x-ray or CT showing the presence of nodules, cavities or fixed infiltrates 78 92
ANCA ANCA positivity by immunofluorescence or by ELISA (MPO/p or PR3/c ANCA) 93 90
Renal Proteinuria >0.3 g/24 h or >30 mmol/mg of urine albumin/creatinine ratio on a spot morning sample
Hematuria or red blood cell casts: >5 red blood cells/high power field or red blood cells casts in the urinary sediment or ≥2+ on dipstick
Necrotizing pauci-immune glomerulonephritis
93.2 99.2