• Title of article

    Prognosis and predictors of convulsion among pediatric lupus nephritis patients

  • Author/Authors

    Beiraghdar, Fatemeh baqiyatallah university of medical sciences - Nephrology and Urology Research Center, تهران, ايران , Maddani, Abbas tehran university of medical sciences tums - Pediatric Center - Nephrology Unit of Medical, تهران, ايران , Taheri, Saeed baqiyatallah university of medical sciences - Nephrology and Urology Research Center, تهران, ايران , Taheri, Saeed Dr Taheri Medical Research Group, ايران , Sharifi-Bonab, Mir Mohsen tabriz university of medical sciences - Neurology Department, تبريز, ايران , Esfahani, Taher tehran university of medical sciences tums - Medical Pediatric Center - Nephrology Unit, تهران, ايران , Panahi, Yunes baqiyatallah university of medical sciences - Nephrology and Urology Research Center, تهران, ايران , Panahi, Yunes Research Center for Chemical Injuries, ايران , Einollahi, Behzad baqiyatallah university of medical sciences - Nephrology and Urology Research Center, تهران, ايران

  • From page
    424
  • To page
    428
  • Abstract
    In this study, we aimed to analyze features and outcome of convulsion in pediatric lupus nephritis patients. We retrospectively reviewed data of 14 Iranian children with lupus nephritis who developed seizures and compared them with a group of the same number of well matched pe­diatric lupus nephritis patients. Higher serum creatinine levels and higher frequencies of anemia and lymphopenia were observed in the convulsion group. Multivariable logistic regression analysis re­vealed that the only risk factor for development of convulsion in pediatric lupus patients with ne­phritis was lymphopenia. Survival analysis showed that convulsion had no impact on patient and renal function outcomes in our pediatric lupus nephritis subjects. In conclusion, we found that lympho­penia is a predictive factor for convulsion occurrence in our patients and special attention to neuro­logical status assessment may be needed in this situation.
  • Keywords
    Pediatric , Childhood , SLE , Lupus nephritis , Convulsion , Neurological manifestations
  • Journal title
    Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation
  • Journal title
    Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation
  • Record number

    2674672

    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=10&DC=2674672