Research Article

Clinical and Renal Biopsy Findings Predicting Outcome in Renal Thrombotic Microangiopathy: A Large Cohort Study from a Single Institute in China

Table 3

Prognosis of patients with thrombotic microangiopathy.

Etiologies or associated disorders  
(109 patients in total)
CR (%)PR (%)TF (%)Primary end point (%)Secondary end point
Doubling of Cr (%)ESRD (%)

D + HUS ()1 (100)00000
aHUS ()2 (28.5)05 (71.5)1 (14.3)04 (57.1)
MHT ()12 (19.7)049 (80.3)5 (8.2)16 (26.2)28 (45.9)
Pregnancy
 Preeclampsia/HELLP ()4 (80.0)01 (20.0)001 (20.0)
 HUS ()6 (66.7)03 (33.3)003 (33.3)
Others
 Connective tissue disorders ()11 (64.7)1 (5.9) 5 (29.4)1 (5.9)04 (23.5)
 HSCT ()1 (50.0)1 (50.0) 0000
 Castleman’s disease ()2 (50.0)02 (50.0)1 (25.0)1 (25.0)0
 Cryoglobulinemia ()1 (100)00000
 Glomerulopathy ()1 (50.0)1 (50.0)0000

Notes: CR: complete remission; PR: partial remission; TF: treatment failure; Cr: creatinine; ESRD: end stage renal disease; D + HUS: diarrhea positive hemolytic uremic syndrome; aHUS: atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome; MHT: malignant hypertension; HELLP: hemolysis, elevated live enzymes, low platelet count; HSCT: hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.