PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - AlMatham, Khalid I.
AU  - AlFayez, Ali F.
AU  - AlHarthi, Raghdah A.
AU  - AlMutairi, Falah S.
AU  - Alrasheedi, Fahad S.
AU  - Mustafa, Abdulrehman
AU  - Ahmed, Mustafa
AU  - AlMatouq, Basim A.
AU  - AlRowaie, Fadil A.
TI  - Glomerulonephritis disease pattern at Saudi tertiary care center
AID  - 10.15537/smj.2017.11.21119
DP  - 2017 Nov 01
TA  - Saudi Medical Journal
PG  - 1113--1117
VI  - 38
IP  - 11
4099  - http://smj.org.sa/content/38/11/1113.short
4100  - http://smj.org.sa/content/38/11/1113.full
SO  - Saudi Med J2017 Nov 01; 38
AB  - Objective: To assess changes in the pattern of glomerular diseases to help guide optimal allocation of resources, to focus future reasearch, and improve outcomes.Methods: A retrospective chart review was conducted on kidney biopsies taken between 2007 and 2016 at a single tertiary care center in Saudi Arabia (King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh) to evaluate the prevalence and pattern of glomerulonephritis (GN).Results: The most common primary GN in 102 biopsies from adult patients with a mean age of 28.9 ± 13.6 years and 40.2% female, was focal and segmental glomerulosclerosis (35.3%). Among 64 patients with systemic lupus erythematosus associated nephritis, of whom most (82.8%) were female, lupus nephritis (LN) 4 (46.9%), and (LN) 3 (32.8%) were the most common lupus nephritis classes.Conclusion: Establishing prospective GN registries from which robust diagnosis, treatment, and outcomes data can be acquired is warranted; however, registry development and maintenance are often precluded by resource limitations. Accordingly, retrospective analysis of administrative data will continue to provide important complementary information on GN epidemiology.