Bilateral Pulmonary Embolism in a 12-Year-Old Girl with Steroid-Resistant Nephrotic Syndrome

Nephrotic syndrome is the most common glomerular disease among children. Although most cases respond to steroid therapy, approximately 10–20% of patients exhibit resistance to conventional steroid therapy and are labeled as steroid-resistant. Such patients are at risk of complications, including inf...

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Autores principales: Safdar, Osama Y., Rajab, Rahaf H., Alghanemi, Rand G., Tantawi, Gazal A., Alsulami, Noora A., Alsayed, Aeshah A., Habiballah, Abdullah K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7346196/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32549197
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children7060062
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author Safdar, Osama Y.
Rajab, Rahaf H.
Alghanemi, Rand G.
Tantawi, Gazal A.
Alsulami, Noora A.
Alsayed, Aeshah A.
Habiballah, Abdullah K.
author_facet Safdar, Osama Y.
Rajab, Rahaf H.
Alghanemi, Rand G.
Tantawi, Gazal A.
Alsulami, Noora A.
Alsayed, Aeshah A.
Habiballah, Abdullah K.
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description Nephrotic syndrome is the most common glomerular disease among children. Although most cases respond to steroid therapy, approximately 10–20% of patients exhibit resistance to conventional steroid therapy and are labeled as steroid-resistant. Such patients are at risk of complications, including infection, thrombosis, and chronic kidney disease. Nephrotic syndrome is considered a thrombogenic condition. Pulmonary embolism is associated with high mortality, and early treatment is essential for the survival of patients. Here, we report the case of a 12-year-old girl with late steroid resistance who developed bilateral pulmonary embolism.
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spelling pubmed-73461962020-07-14 Bilateral Pulmonary Embolism in a 12-Year-Old Girl with Steroid-Resistant Nephrotic Syndrome Safdar, Osama Y. Rajab, Rahaf H. Alghanemi, Rand G. Tantawi, Gazal A. Alsulami, Noora A. Alsayed, Aeshah A. Habiballah, Abdullah K. Children (Basel) Case Report Nephrotic syndrome is the most common glomerular disease among children. Although most cases respond to steroid therapy, approximately 10–20% of patients exhibit resistance to conventional steroid therapy and are labeled as steroid-resistant. Such patients are at risk of complications, including infection, thrombosis, and chronic kidney disease. Nephrotic syndrome is considered a thrombogenic condition. Pulmonary embolism is associated with high mortality, and early treatment is essential for the survival of patients. Here, we report the case of a 12-year-old girl with late steroid resistance who developed bilateral pulmonary embolism. MDPI 2020-06-15 /pmc/articles/PMC7346196/ /pubmed/32549197 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children7060062 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Safdar, Osama Y.
Rajab, Rahaf H.
Alghanemi, Rand G.
Tantawi, Gazal A.
Alsulami, Noora A.
Alsayed, Aeshah A.
Habiballah, Abdullah K.
Bilateral Pulmonary Embolism in a 12-Year-Old Girl with Steroid-Resistant Nephrotic Syndrome
title Bilateral Pulmonary Embolism in a 12-Year-Old Girl with Steroid-Resistant Nephrotic Syndrome
title_full Bilateral Pulmonary Embolism in a 12-Year-Old Girl with Steroid-Resistant Nephrotic Syndrome
title_fullStr Bilateral Pulmonary Embolism in a 12-Year-Old Girl with Steroid-Resistant Nephrotic Syndrome
title_full_unstemmed Bilateral Pulmonary Embolism in a 12-Year-Old Girl with Steroid-Resistant Nephrotic Syndrome
title_short Bilateral Pulmonary Embolism in a 12-Year-Old Girl with Steroid-Resistant Nephrotic Syndrome
title_sort bilateral pulmonary embolism in a 12-year-old girl with steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7346196/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32549197
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children7060062
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