Childhood Kidney Diseases
- Volume 3 Issue 1
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- Pages.42-47
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- 1999
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- 2384-0242(pISSN)
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- 2384-0250(eISSN)
Effect of ACE Inhibitor on Nephrotic Proteinuria in the Children
ACE inhibitor가 소아 신증후군에서 단백뇨 소실에 미치는 영향
- Park, Eun-Hye (Department of Pediatrics, Yonsei University, College of Medicine) ;
- Kim, Ji-Hong (Department of Pediatrics, Yonsei University, College of Medicine) ;
- Kim, Pyung-Kil (Department of Pediatrics, Yonsei University, College of Medicine)
- Published : 1999.05.01
Abstract
Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors lower urinary protein excretion in hypertensive and normotensive patients with renal disease. Most children with nephrotic syndrome have minimal change histology and the great majority of these patients respond to the treatment with oral prednisone. Here we have studied the effects of combination of Inhibace and oral prednisone in pediatric patients with nephrotic syndrome. 45 patients with nephrotic syndrome were selected. Of these, 29 patients were treated with prednisone(2mg/kg/day) and 16 children were treated with prednisone and Inhibace(2.5mg/day). Urinary protein, blood pressure, creatinine clearance, serum creatinine, serum albumin and serum cholesterol were measured in both control and Inhibace group. Also the duration to remission after treatment was compared in both groups. The amounts of proteinuria before and after treatment were not significantly different in both group. The duration to remission of proteinuria was significantly shorter in Inhibace group compared to that in control group. The changes of blood pressure and creatinine clearance were not significant in Inhibace group. In conclusion, the combination therapy of oral prednisone and ACE inhibitor have shortened the duration to remission of proteinuria in nephrotic syndrome of children.
목 적 : ACE inhibitor는 주로 항고혈압제제로 사용되고 있으나 정상 혈압을 가진 신질환 환자에서 단독으로 쓰일 경우 단백뇨를 감소시키고 신기능을 보호하는 효과가 있음이 보고되었다. 그러나 소아 신증후군에서 스테로이드와 병합 투여할 경우 단백뇨 소실에 상승작용이 있는지에 대해서는 별로 알려진 바가 없다. 이에 저자들은 신증후군 환아에서 스테로이드와 ACE inhibitor인 Inhibace의 병합투여가 단백뇨 소실에 미치는 영향을 관찰하기 위하여 본 연구를 시행하였다. 방 법 : 원발성 신증후군으로 내원한 환아를 대상으로 치료방법에 따라 Prednisolone 2mg/kg/day를 단독으로 투여한 환아(대조군)와 Prednisolone 및 Inhibace 2.5mg/day를 같이 투여한 환아(Inhibace군)로 구분하였으며 이 중 치료에 반응을 보인 45명(대조군 29명, Inhibace군 16명)을 대상으로 치료결과를 비교하였다. 결 과 : 두 군간의 평균연령 및 남녀비는 유의한 차이가 없었다. 발병시 24시간 요중 단백량은 대조군