Abstract | AIM AND OBJECTIVES: To evaluate oral manifestations in patients with renal diseases and to correlate blood and salivary urea levels in patients undergoing haemodialysis and kidney transplant. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Study group subjects were selected from patients undergoing hemodialysis and patients who had underwent kidney transplant. Adequate history was recorded. All the groups were examined extra orally and intra orally and findings were recorded. SAMPLE COLLECTION: Venous blood was collected from the antecubital fossa in control group. In patients with renal disease undergoing dialysis, blood was collectedjust prior to the dialysis. Renal transplant patients' blood samples were collected during review visit. Unstimulated saliva was collected and submitted to the laboratory immediately for urea examination by an automated analyzer. RESULTS: CONCLUSION: Saliva can be used as a non-invasive diagnostic tool.
|
Authors | Ratheesh K Nandan, B Sivapathasundharam, G Sivakumar |
Journal | Indian journal of dental research : official publication of Indian Society for Dental Research
(Indian J Dent Res)
2005 Jul-Sep
Vol. 16
Issue 3
Pg. 77-82
ISSN: 0970-9290 [Print] India |
PMID | 16454320
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
|
Chemical References |
|
Topics |
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Contusions
(etiology)
- Edema
(etiology)
- Face
- Female
- Gingivitis
(etiology)
- Halitosis
(etiology)
- Humans
- Kidney Diseases
(therapy)
- Kidney Transplantation
(physiology)
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Mouth Diseases
(etiology)
- Nausea
(etiology)
- Renal Dialysis
- Saliva
(chemistry)
- Skin
(pathology)
- Taste Disorders
(etiology)
- Urea
(analysis, blood)
- Vomiting
(etiology)
- Xerostomia
(etiology)
|