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Nursing Care Plan – Nephrotic Syndrome

February 4, 2009 · 4 Comments 



Nephrotic syndrome is a nonspecific disorder in which the kidneys are damaged, causing them to leak large amounts of protein (proteinuria at least 3.5 grams per day per 1.73m2 body surface area) from the blood into the urine.

Nephrotic syndrome has small pores in the podocytes, large enough to permit proteinuria (and subsequently hypoalbuminemia, because some of the protein albumin has gone from the blood to the urine) but not large enough to allow cells through (hence no hematuria). By contrast, in nephritic syndrome, RBCs pass through the pores, causing hematuria.NURSING CARE PLAN – Nephrotic Syndrome

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4 Responses to “Nursing Care Plan – Nephrotic Syndrome”
  1. justin says:
    October 10, 2010 at 8:39 pm

    i need an NCP for uretic Syndrome……….

    Reply
  2. brasca says:
    May 1, 2009 at 7:29 am

    i need an ncp for metabolic syndrome..plz

    Reply
  3. UPENDRA YADAV says:
    February 21, 2009 at 5:53 pm

    hi, nice but need to more specific regarding nursing care.

    Reply
  4. Chester says:
    February 21, 2009 at 4:20 pm

    thanks.. this was of huge help…

    Reply

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