TY - JOUR T1 - Glomerulonephritis disease pattern at Saudi tertiary care center JF - Saudi Medical Journal JO - Saudi Med J SP - 1113 LP - 1117 DO - 10.15537/smj.2017.11.21119 VL - 38 IS - 11 AU - Khalid I. AlMatham AU - Ali F. AlFayez AU - Raghdah A. AlHarthi AU - Falah S. AlMutairi AU - Fahad S. Alrasheedi AU - Abdulrehman Mustafa AU - Mustafa Ahmed AU - Basim A. AlMatouq AU - Fadil A. AlRowaie Y1 - 2017/11/01 UR - http://smj.org.sa/content/38/11/1113.abstract N2 - 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. ER -