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Most common histopathological patterns of the Minas Gerais Association of the Centers of Nephrology.
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Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira (1992) [Rev Assoc Med Bras (1992)] 2019 Mar; Vol. 65 (3), pp. 441-445. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Apr 11. - Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- Introduction: We analyzed the distribution and frequency of glomerular diseases in patients biopsied between 1992 and 2016 in centers that make up the AMICEN (Minas Gerais Association of Nephrology Centers).<br />Methods: We analyzed the biopsy reports of patients from 9 AMICEN nephrology centers. We took note of their age, gender, ultrasound use, post-biopsy resting time, whether the kidney was native or a graft, number of glomeruli and indication for the biopsy. The kidney biopsy findings were broken down into four categories: glomerular and non-glomerular diseases, normal kidneys and insufficient material for analysis. Those patients diagnosed with glomerular diseases were further divided into having primary or secondary glomerular diseases.<br />Results: We obtained 582 biopsy reports. The median age was 38 years (1 to 85). The number of glomeruli varied between 0 and 70 (median = 13.0). In total, 97.8% of the biopsies were ultrasound guided. The main indication was nephrotic syndrome (36.9%), followed by hematuria-proteinuria association (16.2%). Primary glomerular diseases proved to be the most frequent (75.3%), followed by secondary diseases (24.7%). Among the primary glomerular diseases, FSGS was found at a higher frequency (28.8%), while among the secondary diseases, SLE was the most prevalent (42.4%). Regarding prevalence findings, those for both primary and secondary diseases were similar to those found in the large Brazilian registries published thus far.<br />Conclusion: Glomerular disease registries are an important tool to identify the prevalence of such disease in regions of interest and can serve as an instrument to guide public policy decisions concerning the prevention of terminal kidney diseases.
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- Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Biopsy
Brazil epidemiology
Child
Child, Preschool
Cross-Sectional Studies
Female
Glomerulonephritis pathology
Humans
Infant
Kidney pathology
Kidney Diseases pathology
Kidney Glomerulus pathology
Male
Middle Aged
Nephrology statistics & numerical data
Prevalence
Registries statistics & numerical data
Young Adult
Glomerulonephritis epidemiology
Kidney Diseases epidemiology
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1806-9282
- Volume :
- 65
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira (1992)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 30994845
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1590/1806-9282.65.3.441