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Table 3 Management and treatment outcome of children with PSAGN admitted at referral hospitals East Amhara, Ethiopia, 2022 (n = 322)

From: Treatment outcome of post-streptococcal acute glomerulonephritis and its associated factors among children less than 15 years at the referral hospital of East Amhara, Ethiopia

Variable

Category

Frequency (n)

Percentage (%)

Antibiotics

Yes

No

305

17

94.72

5.28

Antihypertensive agents

Yes

No

165

126

56.70

43.30

Type of antihypertensive

Nifedipine

Enalapril

Unknown

158

7

157

49.1

2.1

48.8

Immune suppression drugs

Yes

No

9

313

2.80

97.20

If Yes, what type of drugs

Prednisolone

9

100

Treatment outcomes

Good

Poor

214

108

66.46

33.54