Volume : X, Issue : IV, April - 2020

A CLINICAL PROFILE OF ADULT ONSET NEPHROTIC SYNDROME WITH SPECIAL REFERANCE TO HISTOPATHOLOGY

Dr Pavan S Wakhare, Dr Pramod Ghuge, Prof Vivek Kute

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The nephrotic syndrome (NS) refers to a classic triad of proteinuria 3.5 g/day/1.73 m2 (in practice > 3–3.5 g/day), hypoalbuminemia ( <3 g/dl), and edema. Most patients also presents with hypercholestrolemia.1 2012 KDIGO GN guidelines defines nephrotic syndrome as Edema, 3+ protein on urine dipstick or 24 hr urinary protein >3.5g/day for adults or >40 mg/hr/m2 for children or uPCR >2000 mg/g and hypoalbuminaemia <2.5 g/dl. Present study was undertaken to know clinical profile, underlying different etiologies with special emphasis to histopathology and IF, age and gender distribution of different etiologies of nephrotic syndrome in the Indian setup particularly in our hospital which is a tertiary referral centre, and the response and results with prevailing recommended treatment

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A CLINICAL PROFILE OF ADULT ONSET NEPHROTIC SYNDROME WITH SPECIAL REFERANCE TO HISTOPATHOLOGY, Dr PAVAN S WAKHARE, Dr PRAMOD GHUGE, PROF VIVEK KUTE INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-10 | Issue-4 | April-2020

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