scholarly journals Spectrum and Clinical Characteristics of Renal Diseases in Ghanaian Adults: A 13-Year Retrospective Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Perditer Okyere ◽  
Isaac Okyere ◽  
Richard Kobina Dadzie Ephraim ◽  
Joseph Attakorah ◽  
Charlotte Osafo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nephrotic Syndrome ◽  
Renal Disease ◽  
Teaching Hospital ◽  
Clinical Characteristics ◽  
Treatment Options ◽  
Renal Diseases ◽  
Chronic Glomerulonephritis ◽  
Randomized Sampling ◽  
Leg Edema ◽  
Stage Renal Disease

Background. Renal diseases over the years have become one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. In this study, we assessed the spectrum and clinical characteristics of Ghanaians with renal diseases at the nephrology unit of Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), Kumasi. Methods. This was a retrospective hospital-based study conducted at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) from the years 2005 to 2017. A non-randomized sampling approach was used to include 1426 participants who were diagnosed with AKI, CKD, ESRD, and nephrotic syndrome at the nephrology unit of KATH during the years under review. All the 1426 patients were eligible for the study. Demographic characteristics as well as clinical data such as the kind of renal disease presentation, causes of the renal disease, and the treatment options were also obtained from their records. Results. Overall, 1009 of the total participants had CKD (70.76%), 295 participants had ESRD (20.69%), 72 participants had AKI (5.05%), and 50 participants had nephrotic syndrome (3.51%). Furthermore, 69 (23.4%) participants with ESRD were on dialysis whiles 6 (8.3) and 17 (1.7) participants with only AKI and CKD superimposed AKI, respectively, were on dialysis. 226 (76.6%) participants with ESRD were on conservative therapy. Hypertension emerged as the major cause of renal disease presentation (53.93%) with bilateral leg edema (13.46%) being the major complaint. There was a significant association between CKD and age (p≤0.001). Nephrotic syndrome also showed a significant association with age (p≤0.001). Conclusion. This study revealed that patients at the nephrology unit of KATH, Ghana, are mainly adults between ages 46–55. The clinical pattern of renal diseases is dominated by CKD and ESRD. We conclude that hypertension, chronic glomerulonephritis, diabetic nephropathy, and sepsis are the most common causes of renal diseases. The commonest clinical presentations are bilateral leg edema, palpitations, headache, breathlessness, dizziness, and vomiting. Early diagnosis and management of these conditions may prevent or delay the progress to end-stage renal disease.

COVID-19 related hospitalization costs; assessment of influencing factors

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Haji Aghajani ◽  
Mohammad Sistanizad ◽  
Amirmohammad Toloui ◽  
Arian Madani Neishaboori ◽  
Asma Pourhoseingholi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Renal Disease ◽  
Teaching Hospital ◽  
Chronic Renal Disease ◽  
Renal Diseases ◽  
Loss Of Consciousness ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Hospitalization Costs ◽  
History Of ◽  
Stage Renal Disease ◽  
End Stage

Objective: Our aim is to assess the effective factors on hospitalization costs of COVID-19 patients. Methods: Data related to clinical characteristics and cost of hospitalized COVID-19 patients from February 2020 until July 2020, in a public teaching hospital in Tehran, Iran was gathered in a retrospective cohort study. The corresponding factors influencing the diagnostic and therapeutic costs were evaluated, using a generalized linear model. Results: The median COVID-19 related diagnostic and therapeutic costs in a public teaching hospital in Iran, for one hospitalized COVID-19 patient was equal to 271.1 US dollars (USD). In patients who were discharged alive from the hospital, the costs increased with patients’ pregnancy (P<0.001), loss of consciousness during hospitalization (P<0.001), a history of drug abuse (P=0.006), history of chronic renal disease (P<0.001), end stage renal disease (P=0.002), history of brain surgery (P=0.001), history of migraine (P=0.001), cardiomegaly (P=0.033) and occurrence of myocardial infarction during hospitalization (P<0.001). In deceased patients, low age P<0.001), history of congenital disease (P=0.024) and development of cardiac dysrhythmias during hospitalization (P=0.044) were related to increase in therapeutic costs. Conclusion: Median diagnostic and therapeutic costs in COVID-19 patients, hospitalized in a public teaching hospital in Iran were 271.1 USD. Hoteling and medications made up most of the costs. History of cardiovascular disease and new onset episodes of such complications during hospitalization were the most important factors contributing to the increase of therapeutic costs. Moreover, pregnancy, loss of consciousness, and renal diseases are of other independent factors affecting hospitalization costs in COVID-19 patients.

scholarly journals EVALUATION OF CAPD AS RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY IN CHILDREN

2012 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Risky Vitria Prasetyo ◽  
Noershanti Ramadhani ◽  
Ninik Asmaningsih Soemyarso ◽  
Mohammad Sjaifullah Noer
Keyword(s):  
Peritoneal Dialysis ◽  
Renal Disease ◽  
Cause Of Death ◽  
Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis ◽  
Kidney Injury ◽  
Renal Diseases ◽  
Chronic Glomerulonephritis ◽  
Stage Renal Disease ◽  
End Stage ◽  
Lost To Follow Up

Objective: To evaluate the outcome of pediatric patients treated with continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) performed by experienced pediatric urologists. Material & Method: A retrospective study of children with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) by peritoneal dialysis (PD) in Division of Nephrology Department of Child Health, Faculty of Medicine Airlangga University, Soetomo Hospital, Surabaya, from January 2003 to February 2012 was conducted. Children with acute kidney injury treated by PD were excluded.Data reviewed were age, sex, primary renal disease, age at start of CAPD, duration of CAPD, outcome and cause of death. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze the data.Results: Twenty seven cases of children with CAPD within 9-year period were included. Most patients were 11-15 years old with 62,9% being male. Chronic glomerulonephritis and nephrotic syndrome were the main primary renal diseases. Fifteen (55,6%) patients had peritonitis. The longest duration on CAPD was 53 months. Outcome of 27 children was as follows, 11 patients died (40,8%), 8 patients survived (29,6%), and another 8 were lost to follow-up (29,6%). All (100%) patients had cardiovascular abnormalities as cause of death. Conclusion: The outcome and mortality rate of children with CAPD remain unfavourable. This is a challenge still to be overcomed. Keywords: Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis, children, outcome.   

scholarly journals AB0820 INFLUENCE OF ANCA ANTIBODIES ON DEMOGRAPHIC AND CLINICAL CHARACTERISTIC OF AAV

2021 ◽  
Vol 80 (Suppl 1) ◽  
pp. 1434.1-1434
Author(s):  
K. Wójcik ◽  
A. Masiak ◽  
Z. Zdrojewski ◽  
R. Jeleniewicz ◽  
M. Majdan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Renal Disease ◽  
End Stage Renal Disease ◽  
Clinical Characteristics ◽  
Renal Involvement ◽  
Organ Involvement ◽  
Unknown Etiology ◽  
Anca Associated Vasculitis ◽  
Stage Renal Disease ◽  
End Stage ◽  
Male To Female

Background:ANCA associated vasculitides (AAV) are a heterogeneous group of rare diseases with unknown etiology and the broad clinical spectrum ranging from life-threatening systemic disease, through single organ involvement to minor isolated skin changes. Unfortunately the clinical classification, ANCA specificity or genetic characteristics alone is not able to categorize AAV patients in a satisfactory manner. As a consequence advanced statistical techniques were used to identify and stratify AAV subphenotypes [1, 2]. Here we have analyzed influence of the ANCA type on clinical manifestations and demographic characteristics in various types of AAV, based on data from the POLVAS registryObjectives:We decided to retrospectively analyze a large cohort of Polish AAV patients deriving from several referral centers – members of the Scientific Consortium of the Polish Vasculitis Registry (POLVAS) – and concentrate on demographic and clinical characteristics of anti-PR3 and anti-MPO positive patients regardless of their clinical diagnosis.Methods:We conducted a systematic multicenter retrospective study of adult patients diagnosed with AAV between Jan 1990 and Dec 2016. Patients were enrolled by 9 referral centers. We analyzed dichotomous variables: gender; ANCA status – anti-PR3+ or anti-MPO+, ANCA negative; organ involvement - skin, eye, ENT, respiratory, heart, GI, renal, urinary, CNS, peripheral nerves and polytomous variable (number of relapses), supported by quantitative covariates (e.g., age at diagnosis, CRP at diagnosis, maximal serum creatinine concentration ever)[3].Results:MPO-positive patients (both GPA and EGPA phenotype) were older at the time of diagnosis with a substantial percentage diagnosed > 65 years of age, and with high rate of renal involvement. Interestingly, while in the whole group of patients diagnosed with EGPA male to female ratio was 1:2, the MPO+ EGPA patients showed M:F ratio of 1:1.The analysis of ANCA negative AAV reveled significant differences in GPA, ANCA negative group is characterized with significantly lower frequency of renal involvement compared to rest GPA (11,5% vs 63,7%) p<0,05 what should be emphasized ANCA negative AAV never lead to ESRD (end stage renal disease) or even transient dialysis.Conclusion:ANCA specificity is indispensable as a separate variable in any clinically relevant analysis of AAV subcategories. MPO+ group is characterized by older age at time of diagnosis, male to female ration 1:1, kidney involvement, and shows more homogenous clinical phenotype than PR3+ AAV patients. In our group ANCA negative AAV never lead to ESRD (end stage renal disease) or even transient dialysis.References:[1]Mahr A, Specks U, Jayne D. Subclassifying ANCA-associated vasculitis: a unifying view of disease spectrum. Rheumatol Oxf Engl 2019;58:1707–9. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/kez148.[2]Wójcik K, Biedroń G, Wawrzycka-Adamczyk K, Bazan-Socha S, Ćmiel A, Zdrojewski Z et al. Subphenotypes of ANCA-associated vasculitis identified by latent class analysis. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2020 Sep 1. Epub PMID: 32896241.[3]Wójcik K, Wawrzycka-Adamczyk K, Włudarczyk A, Sznajd J, Zdrojewski Z, Masiak A, et al. Clinical characteristics of Polish patients with ANCA-associated vasculitides—retrospective analysis of POLVAS registry. Clinical Rheumatology. 1 wrzesień 2019;38(9):2553–63.Disclosure of Interests:None declared

Preferences of Nephrologists among End-Stage Renal Disease Treatment Options

1985 ◽  
Vol 5 (6) ◽  
pp. 470-475 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cindy Dunham ◽  
William D. Mattern ◽  
William C. McGaghie
Keyword(s):  
Renal Disease ◽  
End Stage Renal Disease ◽  
Treatment Options ◽  
Disease Treatment ◽  
Stage Renal Disease ◽  
End Stage

scholarly journals Bloodstream infection in patients with end-stage renal disease in a teaching hospital in central-western Brazil

2013 ◽  
Vol 46 (4) ◽  
pp. 426-432 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tamara Trelha Gauna ◽  
Elizete Oshiro ◽  
Yuri Correa Luzio ◽  
Anamaria Mello Miranda Paniago ◽  
Elenir Rose Jardim Cury Pontes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Renal Disease ◽  
Bloodstream Infection ◽  
Teaching Hospital ◽  
End Stage Renal Disease ◽  
Stage Renal Disease ◽  
End Stage

Causes of Increased Renal Echogenicity in Pediatric Patients

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1983 ◽  
Vol 72 (6) ◽  
pp. 840-846
Author(s):  
Alan M. Krensky ◽  
Joseph M. Reddish ◽  
Rita Littlewood Teele
Keyword(s):  
Kidney Disease ◽  
Renal Disease ◽  
End Stage Renal Disease ◽  
Pediatric Patients ◽  
Renal Diseases ◽  
Polycystic Kidney ◽  
Renal Size ◽  
Stage Renal Disease ◽  
End Stage ◽  
Echogenic Kidneys

Review of 2,700 abdominal ultrasonic examinations revealed 56 patients whose kidneys showed increased echogenicity. Echogenic kidneys were associated with medical renal disease in 94% of cases (30% glomerular, 48% tubulointerstitial, 16% end-stage) and with no detectable renal disease in 6% (three patients). Patterns of increased echogenicity and renal size were evaluated. Specific patterns occurred in end-stage renal disease and polycystic kidney disease. Other medical renal diseases had overlapping ultrasonographic features. Some generalizations could be made although increased echogenicity was often nonspecific.

Renal medicine

2021 ◽  
pp. 353-382
Author(s):  
Gopesh K. Modi ◽  
Vivekanand Jha
Keyword(s):  
Kidney Disease ◽  
Renal Disease ◽  
Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis ◽  
Kidney Injury ◽  
Renal Stones ◽  
Renal Diseases ◽  
Acute Glomerulonephritis ◽  
Glomerular Diseases ◽  
Stage Renal Disease ◽  
End Stage

Assessing renal function, Urinalysis, Proteinuria, Hematuria, Chyluria, Imaging in renal disease, Kidney biopsy, Acute Kidney Injury (AKI), Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD), Diabetic Nephropathy, End Stage Renal Disease and Dialysis, Kidney Transplantation, Glomerular diseases, Acute glomerulonephritis, Urinary schistosomiasis (bilharzia), Infections and Kidney Disease, Rapidly Progressive glomerulonephritis, Tubulointerstitial Disease, Urinary Tract Infection, Vesico-ureteric reflux, Renal Stones, Renal Disease in Pregnancy, Renal Artery Stenosis, Renal Mass, Inherited Renal Diseases

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