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Article: Does the child have glomerulonephritis or nephrosis?(Clinical Rounds)
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- Pediatric News
- Article date:
- February 1, 2005
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LAS VEGAS -- If a child presents to your office with cola-colored urine, mild edema, and hypertension, think glomerulonephritis.
If a child presents to your office with edema, pleural effusion, and normal blood pressure, think idiopathic nephrosis.
Those are the basic ways to tell the difference between these two conditions, Carl M. Grushkin, M.D., said at a meeting sponsored by the American Academy of Pediatrics and California Chapter 2 of the AAP. "It's very easy to mix up these two illnesses," he noted.
With glomerulonephritis, "there is almost always an antecedent infection, followed by a latent period--usually a few days to a week--followed ...