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Published on: July 3, 2013
Treatment of lupus nephritis
Fayez F Hejaili1, Louise M Moist, William F Clark
1Division of Nephrology, London Health Sciences Centre, Westminster Campus, The University of Western Ontario, Canada.
Abstract:
Renal involvement in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a serious complication of the disease. However, the prognosis of patients with lupus nephritis is continually improving with 10-year survival rates now greater than 75%. This improvement reflects earlier diagnosis due to more sensitive and specific diagnostic tests, better clinical appreciation of the natural history, and improved treatment of SLE and its manifestations. This review of the treatment of lupus nephritis has graded the level of evidence of specific treatment using the guidelines of the US Preventive Service Task Force. Although many new treatments have been advocated, the best evidence for treating proliferative lupus nephritis relies on a strategy combining specific treatment of the SLE as well as generalised treatment of the associated comorbidities. This strategy involves a combination of corticosteroids and cytotoxic agents plus or minus the adjunctive use of antimalarials, coordinated aggressive management of hypertension, proteinuria, infections, dyslipidaemia, thrombotic coagulopathy and potential renal replacement therapies.
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