18 year old female with facial puffiness and pedal edema since one and half months

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C/o facial puffiness and pedal edema since one and half month 
Loose stools on and off since 1 month
Decreased urine output since 1 month

PT was apparently asymptomatic 6 yrs ago when she developed rashes over Malar area and abdominal pain , and c/o joint pains ( RT elbow ) f/b knee , ankle .
No h/o swelling redness 

H/o on and off fever ( 2-3 months ) , intermittent ,high grade, for which she as admitted . 
ANA + , dsDNA + , histone + , ribo p + , fundoscopy : anemic retinopathy 

Renal biopsy was done which showed lupus nephritis class 4 GA , was diagnosed with sle with lupus nephritis class 4 and was started on euro lupus regime - inj cyclophosphamide 500mg every 15 days X 6 months , t wyslone ( 8 months ) , inj methyl prednisolone X 3 days 

After which she was fine till 6 yrs AND SHE WAS OFF ALL MEDICATIONS SINCE LAST SIX YEARS 

 6 months ago she developed fevr + rash + arthritis ( reactivate lupus ) + episodes of loose stools on and off . C/o facial puffiness since one and a half month associated pedal edema and decreased urine output since one month


PT is on t . Clonidine 100mcg tid 
T.hcq 400 od
T.ramipril 5mg od ( 8pm ) since 20 days 

Not a k/c/o DM HTN ,cva , TB , epilepsy 

O/e : pt is c/c/c 
Pallor - absent , icterus - absent , lymphadenopathy - absent , clubbing - absent 

S /e : CVS - S1 S2 +
Rs - bae + 
P/a- soft,non tender
CNS -no FND

Investigations 

Hemogram - 
Hb - 6.4
Eosinophils -00
PCV -18.6
MCV -71.6
MCH -24.6
Rbc -2.6 mill/cumm

Aptt - 32secs

PT - 1.6 secs
INR - 1.11

Cue - 
Alb - 2+
Pus cells -3 to 4 
Epi cells - 2 to 3

Rft - 
Urea - 224
Uric acid - 13.0
Creatinine - 7.5
Ca - 7.3
Phosphorus - 8.1

Lft - 
TB - 1.13
DB - 0.35
Tp - 5.0
Alb - 2.1 

Abg 
pH - 7.29
Pco2 - 16.9
Po2 - 101
Hco3 - 8.0

Urine sodium -40
Spot urine protein - 315
Spot urine creatinine - 147.7
Ratio - 2.13




Treatment : 
Salt restriction <2g/day
Fluid restriction < 1.5 l/ day
T.hcq 400mg od
T.ramipril 5mg od
T.arkamine 100mg tid
Inj nahco3 100meq / IV / stat in 100ml NS
T.pan 40mg po/od
BP/ pr / temp charting
Strict I/o charting
Inj methyl prednisolone 500mg IV slowly infusion over 30mins od X 3 days 


Day 2 : 

Decreased urine output

PT is c/c/c

Pr 72 bom
BP 140/100mmhg
CVS S1 S2 +
CNS no FND
Rs - bae + 
P/a - soft, non tender 

I/o :300/500

Investigations 
Abg :
pH - 7.28
Pco2- 18.5
Po2 -121
Hco3 - 8.5
St.hco3 - 11.4

Blood urea - 188
Sr. Creatinine - 7.3

Sod - 143
K - 4.6
Cl - 106

USG abdomen - impression 
1. B/l grade 2 rpd
2. Mild pericardial effusion 
3. B/l pleural effusion 
4.mild ascites 
5. No renal artery and renal vein stenosis 

Treatment:
Same treatment plus t.nodosis 500mg po/tid and inj optineuron 1 amp in 100ml NS 

Day 3 
No fresh complaints 

PT is c/c/c 
Pr - 74bpm
BP - 150/90mmhg 
Cvs - S1 S2 + 
CNS - no FND 
Rs - bae + ,NVBS + 
P/a - soft , non tender 
Grbs - 178 

I/o - 800/1000ml

Investigations : 
Na -135
K - 5.1
Cl - 106

Sr creatinine -8.2
Blood urea - 257

Abg - 
pH - 7.27
Pco2 - 17.4
Po2- 101
Hco3 - 7.9
Sr.hco3 - 10.7

Treatment : same treatment given

Day 4 : 
No fresh complaints 
PT is c/c/c

Pr - 64bpm
BP - 150/90mmhg
CVS S1 S2+ 
Rs - bae+ , NVBS + 
P/a- soft, non tender 
CNS - no FND 

I/o - 800/550ml 
Grbs - 156 


Abg 
pH - 7.27 
Pco2 -23.1
Po2 - 115
Hco3 - 10.3
St.hco3 - 12 .5

Urea - 274
Creatinine - 7.4

Na - 132
K - 5.8
Cl - 110

Hemogram 
Hb - 6.3
Tlc - 6000
Plt - 1.14 

K - 5.2

Treatment - same treatment given

Day 5 


No fresh complaints 
Pt is c/c/c
Afebrile to touch 
PR - 72 bpm
BP -150/110 mmhg
CVS - S1S2 heard 
RS- BAE + 
P/A - soft ,non tender 
CNS - no FND 
GRBS - 154mg/dl @8:00 am 
I/O - 1300/450ml

ABG- PH - 7.33
          PCO2- 23.3
          PO2- 48.1
          Hco3- 12.1
          St.Hco3- 14.2 
          O2 sat - 77.9

Blood urea -298 increased from 274
Sr.creat - 8.7 increased from 7.7
Sr.electrolytes
   Na - 136
   K - 5.0
   Cl - 102

Treatment : same treatment given

                           BP trends
                      Respiratory rate trends 
                  Potassium trends 


Diagnosis : lupus nephritis stage 4 

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