Long-term prognosis of chronic glomerulonephritis

The dependence of actuarial survival rates on morphological and clinical manifestation of chronic glomerulonephritis (CGN) has been studied in 520 patients followed up for 2-42 years. In grouping the patients along two signs--histological lesion and relapse incidence--the survival in different morph...

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Published inInternational urology and nephrology Vol. 23; no. 1; p. 77
Main Authors Ryabov, S I, Stavskaya, V V
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Netherlands 1991
Subjects
Actuarial Analysis
Adult
Chronic Disease
Female
Glomerulonephritis - mortality
Humans
Hypertension, Renal - mortality
Male
Middle Aged
Nephrotic Syndrome - mortality
Prognosis
Survival Analysis
Time Factors
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Summary:The dependence of actuarial survival rates on morphological and clinical manifestation of chronic glomerulonephritis (CGN) has been studied in 520 patients followed up for 2-42 years. In grouping the patients along two signs--histological lesion and relapse incidence--the survival in different morphological forms of CGN was found to be similarly dependent on the illness activity. It was high in rare and the lowest in frequent and persisting relapses. Hypertension, high-grade tubulo-interstitial changes and sclerosis over 50 per cent of glomeruli indicate a poor prognosis as signs of severe renal damage under which each relapse may hasten the lethal outcome. Identification of the histological appearance is of high importance in CGN prognosis because of their different manifestations and tendency to relapse.
ISSN:0301-1623
DOI:10.1007/BF02549732