All issues > Volume 32(4); 1989

Original Article

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1989;32(4):525-532. Published online April 30, 1989.

A Clinical Study of Acute Glomerulonephritis in Children.

Sung Ho Bae¹, Jin Hong Park¹, Jong Duck Kim¹

¹Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Won Kwang University, Iri, Korea

Received: July 15, 1988;  Accepted: October 26, 1988.

Abstract

A Clinical study has been made on 33 cases of acute glomerulonephritis who were admitted to pediatric department of Won Kwang University Hospital, during 2 year period from Jan. 1985 to Dec. 1986 The results were as follows: 1) Male to female ratio was 1.4:1 and the age incidence was highest among children from 4 -12 years of age group(78.8%). 2) The most common season was autumn and winter(63.7%). 3) Throat culture was positive in 30 cases(80.9%) and the most common cultured bacteria was alpha-homolytic streptococcus in 20 cases(60.6%). 4) The urinalysis on admission was as follows: severe proteinuria(12.1 %), gross hematuria(69. 7%) and pyuria(39.7%). 5) On admission serum C3 was lower than normal range in all the cases and significantly increased after 2 weeks. 6) The on t of hypertension was found on admission day in 12 cases(54.5%), and the duration of hypertension was within 1 day in 8 cases(36.4%). 7) The mean values of u/p sodium and u/p creatinine were higher in hyper-tensive group than that of normotensive group(P: NS). 8) The mean values of FEN a and RFI were higher in hypertensive group than that of normotensive group(P: NS).

Keywords :Acute glomerulonephritis, Hypertension, Renal Indices