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- Nine children aged 2 months to 13 years with renal hypertension were treated with captopril for 1.5 to 14 months, using doses between 1 and 5 mg/kg/day.
- Captopril was effective in managing hypertension in kids with normal renal function and mild renal insufficiency.
- However, the treatment was ineffective for children in end-stage renal disease when dialysis was not maintaining normal body water levels.
Article Abstract
Nine children aged 2 months to 13 (mean 6.6) years with renal hypertension were treated with captopril. The treatment lasted for 1.5 to 14 months. Maintenance doses ranged between 1 and 5 mg/kg/day. Good effect was achieved with captopril in children with normal renal function and in mild renal insufficiency. In patients with end-stage renal disease when dialysis failed to maintain normal body water captopril was ineffective.
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