introduction nephrotic syndrome is a common glomerular injury that appears in primary shape of children. parents' knowledge quantity is important to prevent complications from the disease, so this study aimed to determination the knowledge quantity of parents about recurrence of disease. materials and methods in this descriptive study based on a designed questionnaire that 66 parents of childre...

nephrotic syndrome is the commonest glomerular disease. typical symptoms could be proteinuria, low serum albumin and oedema. the mechanism of proteinuria in nephrotic syndrome is a defective glomerular filtration barrier. renal biopsy is the gold standard for diagnosis of nephrotic syndrome currently which is invasive and based on histopathological features, therefore it seems to be necessary to...

Thromboembolism is a rare complication of primary nephortic syndrome. Both venous and arterial thrombosis might occur in steroid responsive and steroid resistant nephrotic syndrome. This is the report of an infant with nephrotic syndrome and renovascular hypertension, complicated with asymptomatic intracardiac thrombus and managed appropriately with medical treatment.

the hematological malignancies associated with nephrotic syndrome are mainly hodgkin’s and non-hodgkin’s lymphomas and chronic lymphocytic leukemia. acute myelogenous leukemia (aml) has rarely been described in associated with nephritic syndrome. we report a rare case of acute myelogenous leukemia who presented with nephrotic syndrome. a previously healthy 62-year-old man was admitted in nephro...

background and aim: steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome (srns) accounts for 10%-20% of all cases of idiopathic nephrotic syndrome. these patients are at risk of developing end-stage renal disease. the aim of this study was to determine the demographic characteristics, renal biopsy findings, response to immunosuppressive treatment, and prognosis in pediatric patients with srns.materials and met...

background and objective: to assess the effectiveness and safety of oral amiloride for the treatment of edema in pediatric patients with idiopathic nephrotic syndrome. methods: a randomized trial of amiloride vs hydrochlorthiazide was done in 34 patients. the mean age was 4.3±0.7 years old. after a 2 week washout of diuretic therapy, nephrotic children with edema were randomized into two groups...

introduction: cerebral vein thrombosis is a rare complication of nephrotic syndrome (ns).we report a known case of ns with hemorrhagic thrombosis. case report: a boy with previous history of ns was admitted with headache and decrease of level of consciousness and his brain images were revealed hemorrhagic thrombosis conclusions: cerebral vein thrombosis must be considered in patients with histo...

 Minimal Change Disease (MCD) is the leading cause of childhood Nephrotic Syndrome (NS). Therefore in pediatrics nephrotic syndrome, most children beyond the first year of life will be treated with corticosteroids without an initial biopsy. Children with NS often display a number of calcium homeostasis disturbances causing abnormal bone histology, including hypocalcemia, reduced serum vitamin D...