II. Causes
III. Symptoms and Signs
- Similar to Acute Glomerulonephritis
- Rapidly Progressive Renal Failure
IV. Diagnosis: Renal Biopsy
- Crescentic Glomerulonephritis
V. Course
- Progresses to Renal Failure within weeks to months
- Patients refusing Dialysis within 6 months: 50%
VI. Management
- Pulsed dose Glucocorticoids
- Cytotoxic agents
- Plasma exchange
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| Concepts | Disease or Syndrome (T047) |
| ICD10 | N01 |
| SnomedCT | 236392004, 45406000 |
| English | RPGN - Rapidly progressive GN, Rapidly progressive GN, GLOMERULONEPHRITIS RAPIDLY PROGRESSIVE, rapidly progressive glomerulitis, nephropathy rapidly progressive glomerulitis, rapidly progressive glomerulitis (diagnosis), acute rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis, acute rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis (diagnosis), acute RPGN, rapidly progressive acute glomerulonephritis, Glomerulonephritis rapidly progressive, rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis, Rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis, RPGN - Rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis, Rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis (disorder), glomerulonephritis; rapidly progressive, rapidly progressive; glomerulonephritis, Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis |
| Italian | Glomerulonefrite rapidamente progressiva |
| Japanese | 急速進行性糸球体腎炎, ｷｭｳｿｸｼﾝｺｳｾｲｼｷｭｳﾀｲｼﾞﾝｴﾝ |
| Czech | Rychle progredující glomerulonefritida |
| Hungarian | gyors progressiójú glomerulonephritis |
| Spanish | glomerulonefritis de progreso rápido, GNRP, glomerulonefritis rápidamente progresiva (trastorno), glomerulonefritis rápidamente progresiva, Glomerulonefritis rápidamente progresiva |
| Dutch | glomerulonefritis; snel progressief, snel progressief; glomerulonefritis, glomerulonefritis snel progressief |
| Portuguese | Glomerulonefrite rapidamente progressiva |
| French | Glomérulonéphrite rapidement progressive |
| German | Glomerulonephritis rasch progredient |
