scholarly journals Risk of Hospital Encounters With Kidney Stones in Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease: A Cohort Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. 205435812110002
Author(s):  
Vinusha Kalatharan ◽  
Blayne Welk ◽  
Danielle M. Nash ◽  
Stephanie N. Dixon ◽  
Justin Slater ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cohort Study ◽  
Kidney Disease ◽  
Polycystic Kidney Disease ◽  
Kidney Stones ◽  
Autosomal Dominant ◽  
Significant Risk ◽  
Hazard Ratio ◽  
Cox Proportional Hazards Model ◽  
Polycystic Kidney ◽  
Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney

Background: There is a perception that patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) are more likely to develop kidney stones than the general population. Objective: To compare the rate of hospital encounter with kidney stones and the rate of stone interventions between patients with and without ADPKD. Design: Retrospective cohort study. Setting: Ontario, Canada. Patients: Patients with and without ADPKD who had a prior hospital encounter between 2002 and 2016. Measurements: Rate of hospital encounter with kidney stones and rate of stone intervention. Methods: We used inverse probability exposure weighting based on propensity scores to balance baseline indicators of health between patients with and without ADPKD. We followed each patient until death, emigration, outcomes, or March 31, 2017. We used a Cox proportional hazards model to compare event rates between the two groups. Results: Patients with ADPKD were at higher risk of hospital encounter with stones compared with patients without ADPKD (81 patients of 2094 with ADPKD [3.8%] vs 60 patients of 1902 without ADPKD [3.2%]; 8.9 vs 5.1 events per 1000 person-years; hazard ratio 1.6 [95% CI, 1.3-2.1]). ADPKD was not associated with a higher risk of stone intervention (49 of 2094 [2.3%] vs 47 of 1902 [2.4%]; 5.3 vs 3.9 events per 1000 person-years; hazard ratio 1.2 [95% CI = 0.9-1.3]). Limitations: We did not have information on kidney stone events outside of the hospital. There is a possibility of residual confounding. Conclusion: ADPKD was a significant risk factor for hospital encounters with kidney stones.

scholarly journals Primary prevention of cardiovascular disease events with angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers in patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease on dialysis—a nationwide cohort study

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chien-Yu Lin ◽  
Chien-Lin Lu ◽  
Lian-Yu Lin ◽  
Pau-Chung Chen ◽  
Kuo-Cheng Lu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cardiovascular Disease ◽  
Cohort Study ◽  
Kidney Disease ◽  
Propensity Score ◽  
Propensity Score Matching ◽  
Polycystic Kidney Disease ◽  
Autosomal Dominant ◽  
Polycystic Kidney ◽  
Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney

Abstract Background: Although renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) blockade has been shown to reduce cardiovascular disease (CVD) in the general population and high risk subjects, their protective effect in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) patients under dialysis was still unknown. Methods: By using the database from 1995 to 2008 Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database (Registry for Catastrophic Illnesses), we included 387 ADPKD patients who received dialysis therapy, aged ≥18 year-old, and with no evidence of CVD events in 1997 and 1998. We utilized Cox proportional hazards regression analysis and propensity score matching to evaluate adjusted hazard ratios for all-cause mortality and CVD events in users (n=231) and nonusers (n=156) of an angiotensin-converting enzymes inhibitor (ACEI) / angiotensin II receptor blocker (ARB) during the 12 years of follow-up. Results: All study subjects were followed up for more than 3 months. Compared with the control group, the ACEI/ARB treatment group did not have favorable outcome including acute coronary syndromes, receiving coronary intervention, cerebral vascular events, peripheral artery disease, heart failure and overall mortality. The results remain similar between groups before and after propensity score matching. Moreover, there was no significant difference in outcomes between ACEI/ARB treatment over 50% of follow-up period and without ACEI/ARB treatment after propensity score matching. Conclusions: We found ACEI or ARB usage is not associated with a reduction of cardiovascular events and survival benefit in our nationwide cohort study of ADPKD patient on dialysis from Taiwan. Further larger scale, multicenter and randomized control trials are warranted to show the causal association.

scholarly journals Complications in Patients With Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease Undergoing Ureteroscopy: A Cohort Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 205435812097283
Author(s):  
Vinusha Kalatharan ◽  
Blayne Welk ◽  
Danielle M. Nash ◽  
Eric McArthur ◽  
Justin Slater ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Department ◽  
Cohort Study ◽  
Urinary Tract ◽  
Kidney Disease ◽  
Hospital Admission ◽  
Polycystic Kidney Disease ◽  
Emergency Department Visit ◽  
Autosomal Dominant ◽  
Polycystic Kidney ◽  
Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney

Background: Ureteroscopy is a minimally invasive treatment option for upper tract stones. The distorted kidney anatomy in patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) may place them at higher risk for ureteroscopic complications. Objective: To compare the 30-day risk of ureteroscopic complications between patients with and without ADPKD. Design: Retrospective cohort study. Setting: Ontario, Canada Patients: Seventy three patients with ADPKD and 81 445 patients without ADPKD who underwent ureteroscopy for upper urinary tract stones between April 1, 2002, and March 1, 2018. Measurements: A 30-day risk of (1) hospital presentation with ureteroscopic complications (which was a composite outcome of either emergency department visit or hospital admission with acute kidney injury, urinary tract infection, or sepsis); (2) all-cause hospital presentation; (3) all-cause hospital admission; and (4) all-cause emergency department visit. Methods: We regressed outcomes on demographic variables, health care use in the prior 1-year, various procedures and comorbidities related to the outcome in the prior 5 years, and prescribed medications filled in the past 120 days using modified Poisson regression to compare the risk ratio (RR) of each outcome between patients with and without ADPKD. Results: The median (interquartile, IQR) age was 44 (38-60 years) in the ADPKD group and 53 (42-64) in the control group. About 40% were women in both groups. The risk of ureteroscopic complications was not significantly different in patients with versus without ADPKD (8.2% vs 4.3%; adjusted RR = 1.5, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.7-3.2). Patients with versus without ADPKD were more likely to present to hospital after their procedure (35.6% vs. 20.0%; adjusted RR = 1.6, 95% CI = 1.2-2.2), which included a statistically significant increase in the risk of presenting to the emergency department (32.9% vs. 19.0%; adjusted RR = 1.6, 95% CI = 1.1-2.2) but not hospital admissions (10.9% vs. 5.0%; adjusted RR = 1.8, 95% CI = 0.9-3.4). Limitations: The low numbers of events led to imprecision around the estimates. Conclusion: Patients with ADPKD have a higher risk of return to the hospital within 30 days of ureteroscopy for stone disease. Trial registration: We did not register this study.

scholarly journals Serum bicarbonate is associated with kidney outcomes in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles J Blijdorp ◽  
David Severs ◽  
Usha M Musterd-Bhaggoe ◽  
Ronald T Gansevoort ◽  
Robert Zietse ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Kidney Disease ◽  
Polycystic Kidney Disease ◽  
Kidney Function ◽  
Autosomal Dominant ◽  
Hazard Ratio ◽  
Ammonium Excretion ◽  
Serum Bicarbonate ◽  
Polycystic Kidney ◽  
Baseline Serum ◽  
Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney

Abstract Graphical Abstract Background Metabolic acidosis accelerates progression of chronic kidney disease, but whether this is also true for autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is unknown. Methods Patients with ADPKD from the DIPAK (Developing Interventions to halt Progression of ADPKD) trial were included [n = 296, estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) 50 ± 11 mL/min/1.73 m2, 2.5 years follow-up]. Outcomes were worsening kidney function (30% decrease in eGFR or kidney failure), annual eGFR change and height-adjusted total kidney and liver volumes (htTKV and htTLV). Cox and linear regressions were adjusted for prognostic markers for ADPKD [Mayo image class and predicting renal outcomes in ADPKD (PROPKD) scores] and acid–base parameters (urinary ammonium excretion). Results Patients in the lowest tertile of baseline serum bicarbonate (23.1 ± 1.6 mmol/L) had a significantly greater risk of worsening kidney function [hazard ratio = 2.95, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.21–7.19] compared with patients in the highest tertile (serum bicarbonate 29.0 ± 1.3 mmol/L). Each mmol/L decrease in serum bicarbonate increased the risk of worsening kidney function by 21% in the fully adjusted model (hazard ratio = 1.21, 95% CI 1.06–1.37). Each mmol/L decrease of serum bicarbonate was also associated with further eGFR decline (−0.12 mL/min/1.73 m2/year, 95% CI −0.20 to −0.03). Serum bicarbonate was not associated with changes in htTKV or htTLV growth. Conclusions In patients with ADPKD, a lower serum bicarbonate within the normal range predicts worse kidney outcomes independent of established prognostic factors for ADPKD and independent of urine ammonium excretion. Serum bicarbonate may add to prognostic models and should be explored as a treatment target in ADPKD.

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