[Acquired cystic kidney disease among hemodialysis patients: echographic and clinical study].

Abstract

Thirty-six of 56 (64%) patients on chronic hemodialysis for 1 to 194 months were found to have ACKD (at least 3 cysts per kidney) by means of ultrasonographic evaluation. The number, size and extent of cysts were positively and significantly correlated with the months on hemodialysis. There was also a significant positive correlation between grade of ACKD and Hb. Moreover there was a significant positive association of abdominal pain; none had suffered from hemorrhage or neoplasm.

• Authors: L Baldrati, B Balbi, A Rocchi, R Bonsanto, S Mengozzi, C Capponcini, D Docci, C Feletti
• Journal: Archivio italiano di urologia, nefrologia, andrologia : organo ufficiale dell'Associazione per la ricerca in urologia = Urological, nephrological, and andrological sciences (Arch Ital Urol Nefrol Androl) Vol. 63 Suppl 2 Pg. 93-8 (Jun 1991) ISSN: 1120-8538 [Print] Italy
• Vernacular Title: Malattia renale cistica acquisita nei pazienti in emodialisi: studio ecografico e clinico.
• PMID: 1836670 (Publication Type: Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Hemoglobins

Topics

• Abdominal Pain (etiology)
• Adult
• Aged
• Anemia (etiology)
• Female
• Hemoglobins (analysis)
• Humans
• Incidence
• Kidney Diseases, Cystic (diagnostic imaging, epidemiology, etiology, pathology)
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Renal Dialysis (adverse effects)
• Risk Factors
• Time Factors
• Ultrasonography