Reply to Letter: Prognostic Factors in Crescentic Glomerulonephritis: a Single-Center Experience

I read the article “Prognostic Factors in Crescentic Glomerulonephritis A Single-Center Experience” by Ozturk and coworkers with great interest.1 In this retrospective study, a group of patients with crescentic glomerulonephritis because of different kidney diseases were evaluated for poor prognostic factors that led them to end-stage renal disease. They determined that renal survival was poor in those with serum creatinine levels greater than 4.2 mg/dL on admission and those with more than 63% crescentic glomeruli of the total glomeruli.1 The article is interesting and directs our consideration towards an important area in which early diagnosis and proper treatment could save the kidney. Crescentic glomerulonephritis is an important area of new discoveries and ideas.