Nephrotic syndrome

2. PRESENTED BY
MR.ROMAN BAJRANG
RELIANCE INSTITUTE OF NURSING
NEPHROTIC SYNDROME

3. INTRODUCTION

4. • DEFINITION:-”NEPHROTIC SYNDROME IT IS
THE CONDITION IN WHEN THE GLOMERULAR
PART OF THE NEPHROTIC DOES NOT WORK
PROPERLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE KIDNEY
PROTIEN ESCAPES FROM BLOOD INTO THE
URINE & FLUID ACCUMULATE IN THE BODY
TISSUE”.
 ACCORDING TO MEDICAL DICTIONARY.

7. ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY
 A TYPICAL ADULT KIDNEY IS 10-12CM.(4.5INCH).WIDE
AND 3CM.(1INCH).
 THE WEIGHT OF KIDNEY IS 135-150GM.
 THE KIDNEY ARE WALL PROTECTED BY THE RIBS
MUSCLES.
 THE KIDNEY CONSISTS OF TWO DISTINCT REGIONS
THE RENAL PARENCHYMA AND RENAL PELVIS.
 THE RENAL PARENCHYMA IS DIVIDED INTO THE
CORTEX AND THE MEDULLA.

8. FUNCTION OF KIDNEY

9. AUTOIMMU
NE
RALATION
BETWEEN
ANTIGEN
ANTIB-
ODY
REACTI
-ON
STREPTO
COCCAL
INFECTIO
N
NEPHRI
-TIS
DIABET
ES-
MELLIT
-US
SICKLE
CELL
DISEASE

10. PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
DAMAGED GLOMERULAR CAPILLARY
LOSS OF PLASMA PROTIEN(ALBUMIN)
STIMULATES SYNTHESIS HYPOALBUMINEMIA
OF LIPOPROTEINS
HYPERLIPIDEMIA DECREASED ONCOTICS PRESSURE
GENERALIZED EDEMA ( FLUID MOVES FROM
VASCULAR SPACE TO EXTRACELLULER FLUID
ACTIVATION OF RENIN ANGIOTENSIN
SODIUM RETENTION
EDEMA
KNOWN AS
NEPHROTICS SYNDROME

16. DIAGNOSTICEVALUATITON

24. MEDICAL MANAGEMENT:-
PHARMACOLOGY MANAGEMENT:-
NURSING MANAGEMENT:-

27. PREVENTION:-

28. HEALTH EDUCATION
• DIET
• DIALYSIS
–HEMODIALYSIS
–PERITONEAL
DIALYSIS
• REST & SLEEP
• FOLLOW UP