scholarly journals Role of interactive survey in early diagnosis of chronic kidney diseases

2021 ◽  
Vol 38 (6) ◽  
pp. 74-82
Author(s):  
Ekaterina Alekseevna Burtseva ◽  
Vitaly Yurievich Mishlanov ◽  
Anna Vladimirovna Anikeeva ◽  
Victoria Ivanovna Selezneva ◽  
Ekaterina Petrovna Koshurnikova ◽  
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Objective. To conduct a comparative study of the prevalence of specific symptoms in patients with kidney damage using the automated program "Electronic Polyclinic" to optimize the algorithm for early diagnosis of chronic kidney disease. Materials and methods. 18 patients of the therapeutic unit with kidney lesions, confirmed by laboratory and instrumental studies, as well as 7 healthy persons were examined. The main problems of patients were identified by the method of interactive questioning with the help of the program "Electronic Polyclinic". Further, a statistical analysis of the data and a comparative study with the control group of healthy persons were carried out using STATISTICA 12.0 program. Results. The main symptoms of kidney damage were reliably determined and a low sensitivity of individual symptoms in the diagnosis, in contrast to the syndromic approach, was revealed. It showed that in 100 % of cases the automated program "Electronic Polyclinic" detected the syndromes, that indicates its high efficiency. An algorithm for early diagnosis of chronic kidney disease was proposed, which consists in an initial interactive survey followed by examination formulated by the computer program. Conclusions. The method of interactive survey using the automated program "Electronic Polyclinic" allows you to effectively identify the syndromes of kidney damage, makes a preliminary diagnosis and draws up a plan of examination for further confirmation of the diagnosis. Symptomatic diagnosis has a number of disadvantages including low sensitivity and specificity, so it yields to syndromic diagnosis.

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.


2021 ◽  
Vol 36 (Supplement_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Miriam Serrano ◽  
Alicia Garcia-Testal ◽  
Inmaculada Rico-Salvador ◽  
Conrado Carrrascosa López ◽  
Rafael Ortiz Ramón ◽  
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Abstract Background and Aims Patients with chronic kidney disease on hemodialysis (HD) treatment have a health-related quality of life (HRQoL) lower than the reference values of the Spanish population. Previous studies have shown through music therapy reduce levels of pain, anxiety and depression in chronic kidney disease patients on hemodialysis. This study presents an intervention with classical music performed live during HD sessions. It is the first time to study the effect of classical music heard live on HRQL. Method Randomized clinical trial by groups. 90 patients agreed to participate. They were randomized into an intervention group (IG) and a control group (CG). The IG listened to 30/45 minutes of live classical music in two of the three weekly HD sessions for 1 month. The CG followed his usual treatment. Different individual scales of the quality of life test in kidney diseases (KDQOL-SF) were analyzed, in two times, baseline (Start) and after (End) the musical intervention in both groups. The analysis was performed using a mixed linear regression model for repeated measures with independent variables (age, sex, months in HD, Kt/v, Hemoglobin (Hb)) and dependent variables (individual KDQOL-SF scale scores). Results The CG sample included 43 patients with a mean age of 75.8 years; 22 women (51%); mean Kt/v 1.53; mean Hb 11.5 and mean time on HD 60.46 months. The GI sample included 47 patients with a mean age of 73.53 years; 18 women (38%); mean Kt/v 1.47; mean Hb 11.3 and mean time on HD 63.34 months. The results show that after the intervention, IG vs CG increased the mean score (pm) in all the scales significantly. The End time and GI interaction showed a mean score increase of 15.78 (p &lt;0.001) for the Symptoms/problems scale; 14.96 (p &lt;0.001) scale Effects of kidney disease; 16.36 (p &lt;0.001) on the Kidney disease burden scale; 14.78 (p &lt;0.001) on the Sleep scale; 25.46 (p &lt;0.001) on the Vitality scale; 29.57 (p &lt;0.001) on the Emotional well-being scale; 41.92 (p &lt;0.001) on the Pain scale and 23.39 (p &lt;0.001) on the General Health scale. Conclusion Live classical music intervention during hemodialysis sessions improves self-perceived HRQL in patients with chronic kidney disease on HD


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

Abstract Background: Abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) primarily affect men over 65 years old who often have many other diseases, with similar risk factors and pathophysiological 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. Methods: 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. Results: 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. Conclusions: Knowledge about pathophysiological mechanisms and association between CKD and AAA could provide better diagnostic and therapeutic approaches for these patients.


2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 594-598
Author(s):  
S. B. Pavlov ◽  
O. B. Litvinova ◽  
N. M. Babenko

Chronic kidney disease negatively affects the morphofunctional state of all organs due to hemodynamic and metabolic disorders. Changes in the content of cytokines observed in kidney diseases, which regulate the processes of inflammation and tissue repair, can complicate the course of the wound process. This research aimed to study disorders in the process of skin wound repair due to changes in the dynamics of production of interleukins IL-1β, IL-6, IL-10, IL-4, growth factors bFGF and VEGF in animals with experimental chronic kidney disease. The levels of interleukins and growth factors were determined on the 7th, 14th and 28th days after surgical modeling of wounds in the blood of rats with experimental chronic kidney disease and animals of the control group. To assess the dynamics and quality of wound healing, a semi-quantitative histological analysis was performed. The study showed an increase in the content of pro-inflammatory interleukins in the group of sick rats: on the 7th day the level of IL-1β was 1.19 times higher, and IL-6 – 1.55 times, on the 14th day the level of IL-1β was 1.37 times in comparison with the control group. The maximum increase in the concentration of anti-inflammatory interleukins was noted on the 28th day: IL-4 was 2.10 times higher, IL-10 – 1.39 times higher than in the control group. The content of bFGF and VEGF in animals of the control group reached its maximum on the 7th day, and in animals with chronic kidney disease – on the 15th day after surgery. Semi-quantitative histological analysis showed a decrease in indicators in the group of sick animals: the number of fibroblasts and collagen deposition – on the 7th day, reepithelialization – on the 28th day. A persistent increase in the number of polymorphonuclear leukocytes was also noted at all periods of the experiment: by 1.38, 1.99, and 9.82 times – on the 7th, 14th, and 28th days, respectively. The study showed that the dynamics of the production of interleukins and growth factors were impaired in rats with chronic kidney disease. In the process of damage regeneration in sick animals, pro-inflammatory mechanisms prevailed with the involvement of a large number of immunocompetent cells, as a result, skin wounds took longer to heal.


2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. e10-e10
Author(s):  
Zebunnesa Zeba ◽  
Kaniz Fatema ◽  
Ahmed Faisal Sumit ◽  
Rahelee Zinnat ◽  
Liaquat Ali

Introduction: Early identification of chronic kidney disease (CKD) provides valuable opportunities for effective interventions that reduce the risk of outcomes, particularly renal failure. Objectives: This study aimed to screen the Bangladeshi asymptomatic adult population for CKD to identify potential risk factors for its development. Patients and Methods: The screening program was carried out among the 400 subjects in the Thakurgaon district of Bangladesh to identify people with the risk of CKD. All the subjects were asymptomatic and previously been never diagnosed with kidney diseases. Demographic data were collected by a structured questionnaire. Urinary protein was tested by dipstick method, and serum creatinine was measured by an auto-analyzer. Estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) was calculated by using standard formula. CKD was diagnosed and classified according to the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative (K/DOQI) guidelines. Results: A total of 18.2% respondents were found to have likely CKD to whom 82% were in stage 1 and 18% were in stage 2. The majority of the likely CKD respondents (30.1%) were in age >60 years. The prevalence of proteinuria was significantly (P=0.0001) higher among previously documented CKD patients compared to the control group. Logistic analysis revealed that after adjustments, CKD showed a significant association with diabetes mellitus (ORs: 7.46, P=0.00), smoking (ORs: 2.36, P=0.02), obesity (ORs: 3.98, P=0.00) and hypertension (ORs: 1.16, P=0.66) compared to control. Conclusion: A substantial number of adults were found to be unaware of the existence of CKD hence, large-scale prevention programs should be undertaken to reduce the classical risk factors of these disorders.


2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Ebrahime Mohammed Senan ◽  
Mosleh Hmoud Al-Adhaileh ◽  
Fawaz Waselallah Alsaade ◽  
Theyazn H. H. Aldhyani ◽  
Ahmed Abdullah Alqarni ◽  
...  

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is among the top 20 causes of death worldwide and affects approximately 10% of the world adult population. CKD is a disorder that disrupts normal kidney function. Due to the increasing number of people with CKD, effective prediction measures for the early diagnosis of CKD are required. The novelty of this study lies in developing the diagnosis system to detect chronic kidney diseases. This study assists experts in exploring preventive measures for CKD through early diagnosis using machine learning techniques. This study focused on evaluating a dataset collected from 400 patients containing 24 features. The mean and mode statistical analysis methods were used to replace the missing numerical and the nominal values. To choose the most important features, Recursive Feature Elimination (RFE) was applied. Four classification algorithms applied in this study were support vector machine (SVM), k-nearest neighbors (KNN), decision tree, and random forest. All the classification algorithms achieved promising performance. The random forest algorithm outperformed all other applied algorithms, reaching an accuracy, precision, recall, and F1-score of 100% for all measures. CKD is a serious life-threatening disease, with high rates of morbidity and mortality. Therefore, artificial intelligence techniques are of great importance in the early detection of CKD. These techniques are supportive of experts and doctors in early diagnosis to avoid developing kidney failure.


Author(s):  
Sandra M. Frey ◽  
Bruno Vogt ◽  
Giacomo D. Simonetti ◽  
Rainer Büscher ◽  
Sandra Habbig ◽  
...  

Abstract Background The kidney is central for maintaining water balance. As a corollary, patients with impaired kidney function are prone to pathological fluid volumes. Total body water (TBW) is distributed between the extracellular (ECW) and intracellular fluid compartments (ICW). In clinical practice, the judgment of hydration status does not allow to distinguish between ECW and ICW. Here, we evaluate the hydration status in children with chronic kidney disease by analyzing TBW, ECW, and ICW. Methods Hydration was quantified using whole-body bioimpedance spectroscopy (BCM) in 128 outpatients (1–25 years, 52 girls). Forty-two were transplanted (TPL), 43 suffered from chronic kidney disease without kidney replacement therapy (CKD), 21 were on peritoneal dialysis (PD), and 22 on hemodialysis (HD). HD patients were investigated before, after, and sequentially during dialysis. Results The ECW and ICW values obtained by BCM were of the same magnitude as those from the literature using isotope dilution. When compared with a healthy control group, TBW was increased in 9 TPL, 9 CKD, 1 PD, and 11 HD patients before but in none after dialysis. The decline of overhydration during dialysis (p < 0.001, n = 22) correlated with the change in body weight (R2 = 0.62). The kinetics of fluid compartment changes assessed twice in six HD patients revealed a reproducible linear decay of the ECW/ICW ratio due to an increase of ICW and a decrease of ECW. Conclusion BCM quantifies TBW and acute changes of ECW and ICW in children with chronic kidney failure. The clinical utility of measuring TBW, ECW, and ICW should be defined in the future.


2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-14
Author(s):  
Nilima Jafrin ◽  
Nayeema Akter ◽  
Shahin Akhter ◽  
Md Myenuddin Mozumder ◽  
Sakhawat Mahmud Khan

Background: Gastrointestinal symptoms are common in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Chronic renal failure is associated with an increased incidence of acid-related gastrointestinal disorders.Objective: To determine the pH level of gastric acid in patients of CKD and to correlate the different stages of CKD with gastric acid status.Methods: This study was carried out in the Department of Physiology and Nephrology, Chittagong Medical College and Hospital during January 2008 to December 2008. Total 87 subjects were included in this study, of them 65 patients of diagnosed case of chronic kidney diseases were selected as study group. Age and sex matched 22 apparently healthy persons were selected as control group To assess gastric juice media gastric juice pH level was determined with the help of Model pHs -25 pH meter. Data were analyzed by Chi-square test, Student’s t-test and Pearson’s correlation co-efficient test where applicable.Results: Mean gastric juice pH level of CKD patients was lower than that of control group but it was not statistically significant. Again, pH level of gastric juice was significantly (p<0.001) decreased according to severity of CKD patients. Gradual decrease of pH level was found with the increasing severity of the CKD.Conclusion: In this study gastric juice pH was lowered in patients of chronic kidney disease which was significantly lowered in stage V. So it can be concluded that the gastric acid secretion may increase in chronic renal failure patient.Bangladesh Soc Physiol. 2017, June; 12(1): 10-14


Genes ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 496
Author(s):  
Soniya A. Malik ◽  
Kavindiya Modarage ◽  
Paraskevi Goggolidou

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) encompasses a group of diverse diseases that are associated with accumulating kidney damage and a decline in glomerular filtration rate (GFR). These conditions can be of an acquired or genetic nature and, in many cases, interactions between genetics and the environment also play a role in disease manifestation and severity. In this review, we focus on genetically inherited chronic kidney diseases and dissect the links between canonical and non-canonical Wnt signalling, and this umbrella of conditions that result in kidney damage. Most of the current evidence on the role of Wnt signalling in CKD is gathered from studies in polycystic kidney disease (PKD) and nephronophthisis (NPHP) and reveals the involvement of β-catenin. Nevertheless, recent findings have also linked planar cell polarity (PCP) signalling to CKD, with further studies being required to fully understand the links and molecular mechanisms.


2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 369-378
Author(s):  
S. V. Nedogoda ◽  
E. V. Chumachek ◽  
V. V. Tsoma ◽  
A. S. Salasyuk ◽  
V. O. Smirnova ◽  
...  

Metabolic syndrome is associated with the kidney damage, and microalbuminuria is listed as one of the key diagnostic criteria of metabolic syndrome. In metabolic syndrome the risk of chronic kidney diseases is significantly increased. Moreover, kidney damage is also more severe in metabolic syndrome than in patients without metabolic disorders, and the severity of kidney damage is directly related to the number of the components of metabolic syndrome. Chronic kidney disease is shown to be associated with all the components of metabolic syndrome, including obesity, insulin resistance, hypertension. This article discusses the issues of drug nephroprotection in patients with metabolic syndrome (MS), including patients with uncontrolled arterial hypertension, in particular, the effectiveness of a fixed combination of perindopril arginine + indapamide. The available evidence clearly shows the advantages of this combination: favorable effect on adipokines, the level of noninfectious inflammation, vascular stiffness, which makes it unique and useful at all stages of the renal continuum in patients with MS and chronic kidney disease. This is confirmed by the reduction of the risk of cardiovascular and kidney complications.


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