Acute glomerulonephritis in elderly patients: report of seven cases over sixty years of age.

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Article1 April 1961ACUTE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS IN ELDERLY PATIENTS: REPORT OF SEVEN CASES OVER SIXTY YEARS OF AGEA. H. SAMIY, M.D., R. A. FIELD, M.D., JOHN P. MERRILL, M.D., F.A.C.P.A. H. SAMIY, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, R. A. FIELD, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, JOHN P. MERRILL, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-54-4-603 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptAcute glomerulonephritis is commonly regarded as a disease of childhood, adolescence, and early adulthood.1-3However, a large number of older patients with acute glomerulonephritis have been seen in the Cardiorenal Clinic of Peter Bent Brigham Hospital and on the wards of the Massachusetts General Hospital. The incidence of acute glomerulonephritis in elderly patients is reportedly quite rare, and only occasional references are made in the literature to its occurrence in such patients.3, 4This paper reports seven cases of acute glomerulonephritis in patients 60 years of age or older, and shows that acute glomerulonephritis is not restricted to children or...Bibliography1. Allen AC: The kidney, in Medical and surgical disease. Grune & Stratton, New York, 1951, pp. 108-207. Google Scholar2. Ellis A: The natural history of Bright's disease. Lancet 1: 1-7, 1942. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. Fishberg AM: Hypertension and nephritis. 5th Ed. Lea & Febiger, Philadelphia, 1954, pp. 529-641. Google Scholar4. Earle DP: Glomerulonephritis. Disease-a-Month, pp. 6-8, 1956. Google Scholar5. NessonRobbins HRSL: Glomerulonephritis in older age groups. Arch. Intern. Med. 105: 23-33, 1960. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar6. Addis T: Glomerular nephritis: diagnosis and treatment. The Macmillan Company, New York, 1948. Google Scholar7. Schreiner GE: The differential diagnosis of acute and chronic glomerulonephritis. J. Chron. Dis. 5: 45-66, 1957. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Boston, Mass.*Received for publication July 15, 1960.From the Medical Service, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital, and Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.†Supported in part by the U. S. Army Medical Research and Development Command, Department of the Army, under Contract No. DA-49-007-MD-429, and in part by the National Heart Institute, National Institutes of Health, United States Public Health Service (H-444 CIO).Doctor Samiy is Assistant in Medicine, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, and Research Fellow at Harvard Medical School; Doctor Field is Associate in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, and Assistant Physician, Massachusetts General Hospital; Doctor Merrill is Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Senior Associate in Medicine, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, and Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute.Requests for reprints should be addressed to A. H. Samiy, M.D., Box 752, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston 14, Mass. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byCase 12-1995Glomerular disease in the elderly: incidence and clinicopathologic findings. A 20 year retrospective studyAcute renal failure in the elderlyRenal Failure in Older PeopleGlomerular disease in the agedPrimary glomerulonephritis complicating diabetic nephropathy: report of seven cases and review of the literatureRenal Disease in the Geriatric PatientRenal Impairment in the Elderly: A Review 1Renal Disease in the ElderlyAcute and Rapidly Progressive Forms of Glomerulonephritis in the ElderlyPoststreptococcal Acute Glomerulonephritis: Fact and ControversyALLEN R. NISSENSON, M.D., LARRY J. BARAFF, M.D., RICHARD N. FINE, M.D., DAVID W. KNUTSON, M.D.Peritonealspülung, künstliche Niere und andere therapeutische Methoden bei akuter und chronischer Niereninsuffizienz bzw. akuten schweren Vergiftungen etc.Case 5-1967Environment and the KidneyRECOVERY FROM PROLONGED OLIGURIA IN ACUTE GLOMERULONEPHRITISUrinary Alkaline Phosphatase and LDH Activities in the Differential Diagnosis of Renal DiseaseELIAS AMADOR, M.D., LIONEL E. DORFMAN, M.D., WARREN E. C. WACKER, M.D., F.A.C.P.Infection as a cause and complication of renal diseaseCase 82-1961Case 65-1961 1 April 1961Volume 54, Issue 4Page: 603-609KeywordsElderlyGlomerulonephritisHealth services researchHeartHospital medicineHospitalsHypertensionMedical servicesPrevention, policy, and public healthProteinuria ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 April 1961 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright ©, 1961, by The American College of PhysiciansPDF downloadLoading ...