Effect of voriconazole combined with glucocorticoid on nephrotic syndrome in children

Q.-C. Zhao, W.-N. Li, Z.-J. Li, Y. Li, D.-H. Sun

Department of Pediatrics, Yantaishan Hospital, Yantai, China. dkaq9q@163.com

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• Nephrology
• Pharmacology

OBJECTIVE: To explore the efficacy of voriconazole combined with glucocorticoid on the nephrotic syndrome in children.

PATIENTS AND METHODS: A total of 62 children with nephrotic syndrome were enrolled in this study. They were treated in our hospital from February 2016 to August 2019, including 35 children treated with voriconazole in a control group, and 27 children treated with glucocorticoid combined with voriconazole in a research group. The efficacy was evaluated, and a logistic regression analysis was carried out to find out the risk factors affecting the efficacy. The enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was used to determine the serum creatinine and urine protein expression before and after treatment. In addition, receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves were drawn to analyze the predictive value of serum creatinine and urine protein expression.

RESULTS: The marked efficacy and total effective rate in the research group were significantly higher than those in the control group, while the non-efficacy in the research group was significantly lower than that in the control group (p<0.05). After treatment, the expression of serum creatinine and urine protein in the research group was significantly lower than that in the control group (p<0.05). The area under the curve (AUC) of urine protein was 0.798. The AUC of serum creatinine was 0.724. Multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed that serum albumin, high edema, infection, serum creatinine, and urine protein were independent risk factors.

CONCLUSIONS: Glucocorticoid can improve clinical efficacy. Serum creatinine and urine protein can be adopted as predictive factors for efficacy on children with nephrotic syndrome. Serum albumin, high edema, infection, serum creatinine, and urine protein were independent risk factors for the efficacy on children with nephrotic syndrome.

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