scholarly journals The Association between Absence of Abdominal Pain and Mortality in Lower Intestinal Perforation in Patients with Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Yukari Endo ◽  
Yoshiyuki Abe ◽  
Shingo Kawano ◽  
Taiki Ando ◽  
Kazuhiro Sakamoto ◽  
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Objective. To determine mortality and predictive factors for lower intestinal perforation (LIP) among patients with autoimmune rheumatic diseases.Methods. This retrospective, single-center, observational study analyzed mortality rates in 31 autoimmune rheumatic disease patients with LIP who were admitted to our hospital from January 2002 to June 2017. The primary outcome was the mortality rate during hospitalization.Results. The median age at the time of LIP was 61 years, and the survival rate at discharge was 64.5%. Eleven patients died of sepsis during hospitalization. Cox univariable analysis for mortality during hospitalization showed that absence of abdominal pain (hazard ratio (HR) 5.61, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.38–22.9), higher age (HR 1.06, 95% CI 1.01–1.11), chronic kidney disease (HR 6.89, 95% CI 1.85–25.7), systemic vasculitis (HR 3.95, 95% CI 1.14–13.6), higher blood urea nitrogen (HR 1.02, 95% CI 1.01–1.04), higher serum creatinine (HR 1.41, 95% CI 1.06–1.87), and LIP due to malignancy (HR 14.3, 95% CI 1.95–105.1) significantly increased mortality.Conclusion. Abdominal pain was absent in 16% of LIP patients with autoimmune rheumatic diseases, and this absence was a poor prognostic factor in this cohort. Moreover, higher age, chronic kidney disease, systemic vasculitis, and LIP due to malignancy were associated with significantly increased mortality. Physicians should be aware of LIP in autoimmune disease patients with higher age, chronic kidney diseases, or systemic vasculitis even if patients reveal mild abdominal symptoms.

2008 ◽  
Vol 149 (15) ◽  
pp. 691-696
Author(s):  
Dániel Bereczki

Chronic kidney diseases and cardiovascular diseases have several common risk factors like hypertension and diabetes. In chronic renal disease stroke risk is several times higher than in the average population. The combination of classical risk factors and those characteristic of chronic kidney disease might explain this increased risk. Among acute cerebrovascular diseases intracerebral hemorrhages are more frequent than in those with normal kidney function. The outcome of stroke is worse in chronic kidney disease. The treatment of stroke (thrombolysis, antiplatelet and anticoagulant treatment, statins, etc.) is an area of clinical research in this patient group. There are no reliable data on the application of thrombolysis in acute stroke in patients with chronic renal disease. Aspirin might be administered. Carefulness, individual considerations and lower doses might be appropriate when using other treatments. The condition of the kidney as well as other associated diseases should be considered during administration of antihypertensive and lipid lowering medications.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roser Torra ◽  
Mónica Furlano ◽  
Alberto Ortiz ◽  
Elisabet Ars

Abstract Inherited kidney diseases (IKDs) are among the leading causes of early-onset chronic kidney disease (CKD) and are responsible for at least 10–15% of cases of kidney replacement therapy (KRT) in adults. Pediatric nephrologists are very aware of the high prevalence of IKDs among their patients, but this is not the case for adult nephrologists. Recent publications have demonstrated that monogenic diseases account for a significant percentage of adult cases of CKD. A substantial number of these patients have received a non-specific/incorrect diagnosis or a diagnosis of CKD of unknown etiology, which precludes correct treatment, follow-up and genetic counseling. There are a number of reasons why genetic kidney diseases are difficult to diagnose in adulthood: a) adult nephrologists, in general, are not knowledgeable about IKDs, b) existence of atypical phenotypes, c) genetic testing is not universally available, d) family history is not always available or may be negative, e) lack of knowledge of various genotype–phenotype relationships, f) conflicting interpretation of the pathogenicity of many sequence variants.


2020 ◽  
Vol 79 (Suppl 1) ◽  
pp. 378.2-378
Author(s):  
A. Chudinov ◽  
I. Belyaeva ◽  
M. Pervakova ◽  
V. Mazurov ◽  
O. Inamova ◽  
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Background:ANCA-associated systemic vasculitis (AAV) is characterized by a high incidence of complications and high mortality. The most significant complications during the first 3 years of the disease are infectious and cardiovascular. Development of chronic kidney disease also impairs the prognosis of AAV. Refractory to induction therapy can significantly increase the severity of organ lesions in patients with AAV.Objectives:The aim of this study was to determine risk factors for complications and refractory course in patients with AAV.Methods:Patients with granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA), microscopic polyangiitis (MPA) and eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA) were observed during the first 3 years of the disease and included in this study between 2010 and 2018. Most common infectious complications requiring inpatient treatment were pneumonia, mycosis, sepsis, purulent arthritis, purulent otitis media. Cardiovascular complications included pulmonary thromboembolism, myocardial infarction, ischemic stroke, venous thrombosis.Results:In total 209 (165 [79%] female and mean age 51.8 ± 13.2 years) AAV patients (94 GPA; 46 MPA; and 69 EGPA) were included in the analysis. Risk factors for infectious complications were BVAS level at the beginning of induction therapy > 25 (OR – 2.92, 95% CI (1.53;5.45) p<0.001), usage of prednisone in doses more than 60 mg / day at the induction of remission (OR – 2.76, 95% CI (1.45;5.29) p=0.003), usage of prednisone in doses ≥ 10 mg / day after 6 months of induction therapy (OR – 2.60, 95% CI (1.38;4.93) p=0.003), ANCA-PR3 positivity (OR – 2.25, 95% CI (1.13;4.46) p=0.017) and presence of diabetes mellitus in the AAV onset (OR – 1.77, 95% CI (1.14;3.45) p=0.038). Patients with AAV had following risk factors for cardiovascular complications: male (OR – 2.28, 95% CI (1.33;3.88) p=0.002), BVAS level > 25 (OR – 2.1, 95% CI (1.11;3.16) p=0.008) and presence of coronary artery disease in the AAV onset (OR – 2.2, 95% CI (1.18;4.10) p=0.015). ANCA positivity (OR – 5.62, 95% CI (2.1;14.9) p<0.001), presence of rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis in the first 3 months from onset AAV (OR – 5.02, 95% CI (3.42;7.35) p<0.001) and over 60 years of age (OR – 2.17, 95% CI (1.38;3.44) p=0.001) were risk factors of development of chronic kidney disease. Risk factors for refractory to induction therapy in patients with AAV were ANCA-PR3 positivity (OR – 3.13, 95% CI (1.63;6.02) p<0.001), BVAS level > 25 (OR – 2.63, 95% CI (1.74;4.34) p<0.001), initiation of therapy after 4 months from the onset of clinical manifestations (OR – 2.17, 95% CI (1.26;3.91) p=0.005). We additionally defined that identification of pathological phenotypes of alpha-1-antitrypsin was risk factors for refractory course in patients with GPA manifestations (OR – 2.66, 95% CI (1.12;6.33) p=0.048).Conclusion:Our study has shown that high disease activity, ANCA positivity and comorbid pathology increase risk of serious complications. Early administration of immunosuppressive therapy, adequate steroid dosing and use of risk factors for complications and refractory course in clinical practice can significantly improve the prognosis of AAV.Disclosure of Interests:None declared


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcin Adamczak ◽  
Piotr Kuczera ◽  
Andrzej Wiecek

Kidneys play the major role in the synthesis and degradation of several hormones. Different coexisting conditions such as inflammation, malnutrition and metabolic acidosis and applied treatment may also cause endocrine abnormalities in chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients. A tendency towards decreased thyroxin and triiodothyronine with normal serum concentrations of reversed triiodothyronine (as opposed to other chronic non-thyroid, non-kidney diseases) and thyroid stimulating hormone are observed. As far as the somatotopic axis is concerned, in CKD normal serum concentration of growth hormone and its effector – the insulin-like growth factor are observed. Nevertheless, due to the phenomenon of GH/IGF-1 “resistance” CKD patients usually present a phenotype resembling GH deficiency. Serum prolactin concentrations are often elevated in CKD women and men. This leads to the dysregulation of the pituitary-gonadal axis causing hypogonadism and it’s clinical consequences regardless of patient’s gender. The alterations in hormones of gonadal origin caused by uremia, together with hyperprolactinemia lead to the development of sexual dysfunction and infertility in men and women. The alterations of thyroid, pituitary gland and gonads associated with CKD are discussed in this chapter. This review contains 4 tables, and 64 references. Keywords: chronic kidney disease, hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism, growth hormone, recombinant human GH, insulin-like growth factors, hemodialysis


Author(s):  
Mehtap Çelakıl ◽  
Yasemin Çoban

Abstract Background: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) and end-stage renal disease (ESRD) are among the important causes of mortality and morbidity in childhood. Early diagnosis and treatment of the underlying primary disease may prevent most of CKD patients from progressing to ESRD. There is no study examining chronic kidney diseases and dialysis modalities in Syrian immigrant children. We aimed to retrospectively research the etiologic, sociodemographic, and clinical factors in CKD among Syrian refugee children, and at the same time, to compare the clinical characteristics of patients with ESRD on peritoneal dialysis and hemodialysis. Methods: Our study included a total of 79 pediatric Syrian patients aged from 2-16 years monitored at Hatay State Hospital pediatric nephrology clinic with diagnosis of various stages of CKD and with ESRD. Physical-demographic features and clinical-laboratory information were retrospectively screened. Results: The most common cause of CKD was congenital anomalies of the kidneys and urinary tracts (CAKUT) (37.9%). Other causes were urolitiasis (15.1%), nephrotic syndrome (10.1%), spina bifida (8.8%), hemolytic uremic syndrome (7.5%), and glomerulonephritis (7.5%). Twenty-five patients used hemodialysis due to bad living conditions. Only 2 of the patients with peritoneal dialysis were using automatic peritoneal dialysis (APD), with 5 using continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD). Long-term complications like left ventricle hypertrophy and retinopathy were significantly higher among hemodialysis patients. There was no difference identified between the groups in terms of hypertension and sex. Conclusion: Progression to ESRD due to preventable reasons is very frequent among CKD patients. For more effective use of peritoneal dialysis in pediatric patients, the responsibility of states must be improved.


2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Milena Miszczuk ◽  
Verena Müller ◽  
Christian E. Althoff ◽  
Andrea Stroux ◽  
Daniela Widhalm ◽  
...  

AbstractAbdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) primarily affect elderly men who often have many other diseases, with similar risk factors and pathobiological mechanisms to AAA. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of simple renal cysts (SRC), chronic kidney disease (CKD), and other kidney diseases (e.g. nephrolithiasis) among patients presenting with AAA. Two groups of patients (100/group), with and without AAA, from the Surgical Clinic Charité, Berlin, Germany, were selected for the study. The control group consisted of patients who were evaluated for a kidney donation (n = 14) and patients who were evaluated for an early detection of a melanoma recurrence (n = 86). The AAA and control groups were matched for age and sex. Medical records were analyzed and computed tomography scans were reviewed for the presence of SRC and nephrolithiasis. SRC (73% vs. 57%; p<0.001) and CKD (31% vs. 8%; p<0.001) were both more common among AAA than control group patients. On multivariate analysis, CKD, but not SRC, showed a strong association with AAA. Knowledge about pathobiological mechanisms and association between CKD and AAA could provide better diagnostic and therapeutic approaches for these patients.


2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Flávia Silveira ◽  
Káthia Zuntini ◽  
Márcia Silveira ◽  
Lohanna Tavares ◽  
Juliana Mendes ◽  
...  

OBJECTIVES: This study aims to present the confirmed cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection in pediatric patients with chronic and acute kidney diseases admitted to a tertiary pediatric hospital. METHODS: Descriptive and retrospective observational study with all children hospitalized between March and June 2020 who had, simultaneously, SARS-CoV-2 infection and renal pathologies. Of this total of patients, those who had another underlying disease besides the renal disease were excluded. RESULTS: During the period, nine children with kidney disease were admitted to the hospital and had infection confirmed by the new coronavirus through positive RT-PCR. Regarding the underlying disease, seven had only kidney disease, three of whom had stage 5 chronic kidney disease; one, with stage 1 chronic kidney disease; one, with cortic-sensitive nephrotic syndrome; and two, with acute kidney injury. Two patients in this study had already undergone kidney transplantation, used immunosuppressants and had their doses reduced due to the infectious condition. Only one required oxygen therapy and transfer to the intensive care unit, but was not intubated and returned to the ward within 24 hours. CONCLUSIONS: According to the cases described, the pediatric population with kidney disease, including those using immunosuppressants due to acute transplant rejection, seems to evolve without severe COVID-19, therefore there is no great divergence in relation to the population of the same healthy age group.


The Analyst ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yong Zhang ◽  
Shanshan Zheng ◽  
Yonghong Mao ◽  
Wei Cao ◽  
Lijun Zhao ◽  
...  

Immunoglobulin G (IgG) molecules modulate an immune response. However, site-specific N-glycosylation signatures of plasma IgG in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) remain unclear. This study aimed to propose a...


2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 86-91
Author(s):  
N.S. Morozova ◽  
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A.A. Mamedov ◽  
D.S. Bille ◽  
A.S. Chertikhina ◽  
...  

According to the European Dialysis and Transplantation Association (EDTA), the incidence of chronic kidney disease is 4–6 cases per million children under the age of 15 and it increases with the age of the child. In order to optimize dental care for children with chronic kidney disease (CKD), an algorithm for dental treatment and prevention was developed. A questionnaire was conducted among 57 children with CKD and 57 parents of this group of children to assess parental and child knowledge of the basics of preventive measures for kidney diseases. Based on the results of the questionnaire, nutritional recommendations were developed. It was found that 100% of parents know the basic nutritional guidelines for children with CKD. Particular attention was paid to children’s consumption of food containing salt. All parents surveyed (100%) were convinced that their children do not consume salty foods, while 23.1% of children claimed to consume them 3 times a day. Thus, it is advisable to implement the developed complex method of treatment and prevention of dental diseases with the inclusion of sanitary and hygienic education on the issues of nutrition for patients with CKD in order to further prevent not only recurrence, but also the progression of existing pathology. Key words: children, nutrition, dental care, chronic kidney disease


Author(s):  
Nenden Senina Rindaha ◽  
Sulina Yanti Wibawa ◽  
Yuyun Widaningsih ◽  
Rachmawati A. Muhiddin

Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is defined as a renal failure that has lasted for more than three months. Hemodialysis is thetype of kidney replacement therapy that is mostly used, and blood gas analysis can be used to identify this condition. Thisstudy is to compare the blood gas analysis on pre-and post-dialysis in patients with CKD using pH, PaCO , PaO , HCO , SO , 2 2 3 2and BE as markers of improvement in the patients'condition. The population was all patients diagnosed with CKD andhemodialysis at Wahidin Sudirohusodo Hospital, and eligible according to the criteria in this study. The sample size wasdetermined using Federer's calculation, and the statistical analysis using paired T-test and Wilcoxon signed-rank test withα=0.05. Subjects were 34 patients, consisting of 18 females (52.9%) and 16 males (47.1%). Hemodialysis had the mostsignificant impact on the PaO and SaO variables. Relation between PaO and SaO was illustrated in a sigmoid curve. 2 2 2 2Oxygen-bound hemoglobin increased after the first molecule was bound. An almost full PaO pressure will cause a slight 2increase in SaO . Whereas at <90% saturation, a slight decrease in PaO will cause a large decrease in SaO . PaO and SaO 2 2 2 2 2determine cardiac efficiency and the markers for assessing the metabolic conditions of the lungs and heart that correlatewith oxygen. Chronic kidney disease patients experienced improved conditions after undergoing hemodialysis withincreased blood gas values, especially in PaO and SaO .


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