THE NEPHROTIC PHASE: ITS FREQUENCY OF OCCURRENCE AND ITS DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSTIC VALUE IN DETERMINING THE NATURE OF THE RENAL LESION IN 120 PATIENTS WHO DIED OF RENAL FAILURE

Abstract

Case histories of 120 patients dying of renal failure were reviewed. This group consisted of 50 chronic glomerulone-phritis, 50 arteriolar-nephrosclerosis, and 20 chronic pyelonephritis post mortem diagnoses. In this series the nephrotic phase was the concomitant occurrence of edema, hypercholes-terolemia, hypoproteinemia and a marked proteinuria. The nephrotic phase was shown to be a useful diagnostic factor in the diagnosis of the cause of renal failure.