title: The pattern of medical renal disease in children in a south Indian hospital.
abstract: A retrospective study of children admitted to a south Indian hospital during an 11 year period showed that 70% of the renal diseases encountered in children in this region are of types which have a good prognosis. Post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis was the most common. The relative prevalence of steroid-sensitive nephrotic syndrome and different histological types of idiopathic nephrotic syndrome was similar to that in developed Western countries. Haemolytic-uraemic syndrome complicating bacillary dysentery was the most common cause of acute renal failure.
mesh_terms: D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000209:etiology; D000293:Adolescent; D001706:Biopsy; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005921:Glomerulonephritis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D006463:Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome / Q000150:complications; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D007223:Infant; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D009404:Nephrotic Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013290:Streptococcal Infections