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==Secondary Prevention== | ==Secondary Prevention== | ||
Effective measures for the secondary prevention of Goodpasture syndrome include: | Effective measures for the secondary prevention of Goodpasture syndrome include:<ref name="pmid10541306">{{cite journal |vauthors=Kluth DC, Rees AJ |title=Anti-glomerular basement membrane disease |journal=J. Am. Soc. Nephrol. |volume=10 |issue=11 |pages=2446–53 |date=November 1999 |pmid=10541306 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | ||
*Patient education: Patient education is an important aspect in early diagnosis and management of Goodpasture syndrome. | *Patient education: Patient education is an important aspect in early diagnosis and management of Goodpasture syndrome. | ||
**Patients with lung involvement should be strictly advised against smoking to prevent recurrent lung hemorrhage. | **Patients with lung involvement should be strictly advised against smoking to prevent recurrent lung hemorrhage. | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Akshun Kalia M.B.B.S.[2]
Overview
Effective measures for the secondary prevention of Goodpasture syndrome include patient education. Patients should be educated about the signs and symptoms of renal dysfunction as certain steroid and immunosuppressive therapy may have adverse effects on the kidneys. Patients should be monitored regularly for renal function and those with severe dysfunction should have be referred for dialysis.
Secondary Prevention
Effective measures for the secondary prevention of Goodpasture syndrome include:[1]
- Patient education: Patient education is an important aspect in early diagnosis and management of Goodpasture syndrome.
- Patients with lung involvement should be strictly advised against smoking to prevent recurrent lung hemorrhage.
- Patients should be educated about the signs and symptoms of renal dysfunction as certain steroid and immunosuppressive therapy may have adverse effects on the kidneys.
- Patients should be monitored regularly for renal function and dose adjustment of medications.
- Patients with severe renal dysfunction require long term dialysis and should be advised to seek medical care on a timely basis.
- Patients with deteriorating renal function despite should be put on renal transplantation list and patients should be informed that Goodpasture syndrome may even recur in the transplanted kidney, although it is very rare.