The Prognosis of Nephritis in Childhood

Abstract

It has long been recognized that comparatively few cases of nephritis in childhood die in the early stages of the disease and it is widely believed that the great majority of cases recover completely. Hebert (1952) has summarized the results of many of the long-term studies of nephritis in childhood published in the British and American literature in the past 30 years. In the majority of these reports complete recovery was claimed in from 70% to 97% of the survivors from the acute illness.

Medical Diseases of the Kidney

“…Clark (52) in a review of 265 cases of acute glomerulonephritis found a mortality of 7.5 per cent during the initial attack. However, in recent years the mortality was 3 per cent, Of 178 cases followed for one to 13 years, 75 per cent recovered completely.…”