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ArticleBMC nephrology2019

Clinical course & management of childhood nephrotic syndrome in Germany: a large epidemiological ESPED study.

Ingo Franke, Malik Aydin, Lisa Kurylowicz, Corinna Elke Llamas Lopez, Rainer Ganschow, Michael J Lentze, Mark Born

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Article in BMC nephrology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ingo FrankeDepartment of General Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Nephrology, University Children's Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
Malik AydinDepartment of General Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Nephrology, University Children's Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany. malik.aydin@uni-wh.de.ORCID 0000-0002-1340-9687
Lisa KurylowiczDepartment of General Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Nephrology, University Children's Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
Corinna Elke Llamas LopezDepartment of General Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Nephrology, University Children's Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
Rainer GanschowDepartment of General Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Nephrology, University Children's Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
Michael J LentzeDepartment of General Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Nephrology, University Children's Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
Mark BornDepartment of Radiology, Pediatric Radiology, University Hospital of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
University Hospital Bonn · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundNephrotic syndrome (NS) is one of the most frequent occurring chronic kidney diseases in childhood, despite its rarely occurrence in the general population. Detailed information about clinical data of NS (e.g. average length of stay, complications) as well as of secondary nephrotic syndrome (SNS) is not well known.

methodsA nationwide ESPED follow-up study presenting the clinical course and management of children with NS in Germany.

resultsIn course of 2 years, 347 children developed the first onset of NS, hereof 326 patients (93.9%) had a primary NS, and 19 patients had a SNS (missing data in 2 cases), the majority due to a Henoch-Schönlein Purpura. Patients with steroid-resistant NS (SRNS) stayed significantly longer in hospital than children with steroid-sensitive NS (25.2 vs. 13.3 d, p <  0.001). Patients with bacterial/viral infections stayed longer in hospital (24.9 d/19.5d) than children without an infection (14.2 d/14.9 d; p <  0.001; p = 0.016). Additionally, children with urinary tract infections (UTI) (p < 0,001), arterial hypertension (AH) (p < 0.001) and acute renal failure (ARF) (p < 0,001) stayed significantly longer in hospital. Patients with SRNS had frequent complications (p = 0.004), such as bacterial infections (p = 0.013), AH (p < 0.001), UTI (p < 0.001) and ARF (p = 0.007). Children with a focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) had significantly more complications (p = 0.04); specifically bacterial infections (p = 0.01), UTI (p = 0.003) and AH (p < 0,001). Steroid-resistance was more common in patients with UTI (p < 0.001) and in patients with ARF (p = 0.007). Furthermore, steroid-resistance (p < 0.001) and FSGS (p < 0.001) were more common in patients with AH.

conclusionsThis nationwide, largest German study presents results on the clinical course of children with NS considering a diverse range of complications that can occur with NS. The establishment of a region-wide and international pediatric NS register would be useful to conduct further diagnostic and therapy studies with the aim to reduce the complication rate and to improve the prognosis of NS, and to compare the data with international cohorts.

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AdolescentAdrenal Cortex HormonesAge FactorsChildChild, HospitalizedChild, PreschoolComorbidityDrug ResistanceFemaleFollow-Up StudiesGermanyGlomerulosclerosis, Focal SegmentalHealth SurveysHumansHypertensionInfantAdrenal Cortex HormonesChildhoodComplicationESPEDPrimary nephrotic syndromeSecondary nephrotic syndrome

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