<strong>Introduction:</strong> Interdialytic weight-gain (IDWG) has been linked to various complications in hemodialysis (HD) patients. <strong>Method:</strong> Prospective clinical-observation...<strong>Introduction:</strong> Interdialytic weight-gain (IDWG) has been linked to various complications in hemodialysis (HD) patients. <strong>Method:</strong> Prospective clinical-observational study to evaluate the effect of IDWG in HD patients on the rate of hospital admissions over a 12-month period, and the impact of high IDWG on the frequency of IDH. <strong>Results:</strong> Of the 240 patients, those who had IDWG ≥ 4%, 81% had at least one hospital admission due to volume-overload or the need for extra HD-session(s). On the other hand, only 19% of those having IDWG < 4% had been admitted or got extra HD sessions (p < 0.001). Of those who were admitted (over 12 months) due to volume overload;74.1% had IDWG ≥ 4%, while 25.9% had IDWG < 4% (p < 0.001). Regarding IDH, 87% of patients having IDWG ≥ 4% had at least one episode of IDH/week. On the other hand, only 22.5% of those with IDWG < 4% had one episode of IDH/week (p < 0.001). When analyzing those who had at least one IDH episode/week;72.9% of them had IDWG ≥ 4%, while only 27.1% had IDWG < 4% (p < 0.001). <strong>Conclusion:</strong> In HD patients, the frequency of hospital admission due to volume-overload and the need for extra HD-sessions is strongly related to the amount of IDWG (>4% in our patients), the same stands for the frequency of IDH. Thus, control of IDWG in HD patients is of great importance, keeping in mind the importance of the nutrition status of HD patients that may also impact IDWG.展开更多
Background: Worldwide, diabetic nephropathy-DN is the leading cause of end-stage kidney disease-ESKD, DN is a common cause of renal failure with a reported frequency of 10% - 15% in type-2-diabetes-mellitus-T2DM patie...Background: Worldwide, diabetic nephropathy-DN is the leading cause of end-stage kidney disease-ESKD, DN is a common cause of renal failure with a reported frequency of 10% - 15% in type-2-diabetes-mellitus-T2DM patients, however there is a great discrepancy between countries. The aim of the pre-sent study is to evaluate the findings of kidney biopsies performed on diabetic patients. Materials and Methods: We studied native kidney histopathological findings in the period from January 2016 till end of December 2018 done for patients with T2DM with chronic kidney diseases-CKD. Results: A total of 82 DM-patients, 50 males (61%) and 32 females (39%) with age mean (95% CI) of 50.8 (47.1 - 55.2) years for all patients, ranged between 15 to 65 years. Histological findings showed that 57.3% of patients had DN. While focal-segmental-glomerulosclerosis-FSGS was present in 20.7%—primary in 8.6% and secondary in 12.1%. IgA represented 4.9%, while Lupus nephritis, Membranous and drug induced interstitial nephritis were each present in 3.7%. MCD was present in 2.4%. Lastly diffuse proliferative GN, ANCA associated glomerulonephritis, and hypertensive nephrosclerosis accounted for 1.2%. Conclusion: The prevalence of NDKD is remarkably frequent in DM patients who underwent kidney biopsy and FSGS was the most frequent diagnosis. To get a proper histopathological diagnosis, an adequate tissue biopsy is needed with an adequate number of glomeruli. There is a great need for more consideration to biopsy diabetic patients, as the finding of NDKD requires a different therapeutic approach. This, hopefully, will help to manage these patients better and therefore, ameliorate the progression to ESKD over time and therefore delay the need for RRT.展开更多
Background: To evaluate bone-mineral-density-BMD determined by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry-DEXA and bone turnover markers in chronic-kidney-disease-CKD patients. Method: An observational-clinical study of all pat...Background: To evaluate bone-mineral-density-BMD determined by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry-DEXA and bone turnover markers in chronic-kidney-disease-CKD patients. Method: An observational-clinical study of all patients who were scanned by DEXA-scan in 2018. All patients with low-bone-density or osteoporosis-based on World-Health-Organization-WHO definition were included. Results: 505 patients with abnormal-BMD, 87.3% were in early-stage CKD-stage I - II, 8.5% were in CKD-stage III - V and 4.2% did not have renal tests. 95 (18.8%) were male with a mean age of 57.0 years and 410 (81.2%) were females with a mean age of 55.8 years. Patients of ≥65 years had lower T-score than those who were younger than 65 years-old. Among CKD patients, those with late-CKD (stage III - V) had less BMD-measurements and lower T-score than those with early-CKD (stage I - II). A significant positive correlation exists between parathyroid hormone-PTH-level and the lower T-score. Female had a worse T-score at the lumbar-region whereas male had a worse T-score at the femoral-region. There was no significant difference between males and females for the T-score at hip-region. Conclusion: We observed a distribution of abnormal BMD among different age, sex and CKD groups. Measurements of BMD by DEXA might be a useful test to diagnose osteoporosis in CKD patients. Femoral and total hip areas were more affected, however DEXA might not be able to detect osteoporosis in the lumbar area of CKD patients. T-scores are lower in patients with more severe CKD and lower in elderly patients. PTH level is associated proportionally to the degree of bone loss. Early intervention and proper management must be implemented early among CKD patients with multidisciplinary team approach strategy. More studies are needed to determine if DEXA techniques are enough to distinguish the quantity of bone loss between different stages of CKD.展开更多
文摘<strong>Introduction:</strong> Interdialytic weight-gain (IDWG) has been linked to various complications in hemodialysis (HD) patients. <strong>Method:</strong> Prospective clinical-observational study to evaluate the effect of IDWG in HD patients on the rate of hospital admissions over a 12-month period, and the impact of high IDWG on the frequency of IDH. <strong>Results:</strong> Of the 240 patients, those who had IDWG ≥ 4%, 81% had at least one hospital admission due to volume-overload or the need for extra HD-session(s). On the other hand, only 19% of those having IDWG < 4% had been admitted or got extra HD sessions (p < 0.001). Of those who were admitted (over 12 months) due to volume overload;74.1% had IDWG ≥ 4%, while 25.9% had IDWG < 4% (p < 0.001). Regarding IDH, 87% of patients having IDWG ≥ 4% had at least one episode of IDH/week. On the other hand, only 22.5% of those with IDWG < 4% had one episode of IDH/week (p < 0.001). When analyzing those who had at least one IDH episode/week;72.9% of them had IDWG ≥ 4%, while only 27.1% had IDWG < 4% (p < 0.001). <strong>Conclusion:</strong> In HD patients, the frequency of hospital admission due to volume-overload and the need for extra HD-sessions is strongly related to the amount of IDWG (>4% in our patients), the same stands for the frequency of IDH. Thus, control of IDWG in HD patients is of great importance, keeping in mind the importance of the nutrition status of HD patients that may also impact IDWG.
文摘Background: Worldwide, diabetic nephropathy-DN is the leading cause of end-stage kidney disease-ESKD, DN is a common cause of renal failure with a reported frequency of 10% - 15% in type-2-diabetes-mellitus-T2DM patients, however there is a great discrepancy between countries. The aim of the pre-sent study is to evaluate the findings of kidney biopsies performed on diabetic patients. Materials and Methods: We studied native kidney histopathological findings in the period from January 2016 till end of December 2018 done for patients with T2DM with chronic kidney diseases-CKD. Results: A total of 82 DM-patients, 50 males (61%) and 32 females (39%) with age mean (95% CI) of 50.8 (47.1 - 55.2) years for all patients, ranged between 15 to 65 years. Histological findings showed that 57.3% of patients had DN. While focal-segmental-glomerulosclerosis-FSGS was present in 20.7%—primary in 8.6% and secondary in 12.1%. IgA represented 4.9%, while Lupus nephritis, Membranous and drug induced interstitial nephritis were each present in 3.7%. MCD was present in 2.4%. Lastly diffuse proliferative GN, ANCA associated glomerulonephritis, and hypertensive nephrosclerosis accounted for 1.2%. Conclusion: The prevalence of NDKD is remarkably frequent in DM patients who underwent kidney biopsy and FSGS was the most frequent diagnosis. To get a proper histopathological diagnosis, an adequate tissue biopsy is needed with an adequate number of glomeruli. There is a great need for more consideration to biopsy diabetic patients, as the finding of NDKD requires a different therapeutic approach. This, hopefully, will help to manage these patients better and therefore, ameliorate the progression to ESKD over time and therefore delay the need for RRT.
文摘Background: To evaluate bone-mineral-density-BMD determined by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry-DEXA and bone turnover markers in chronic-kidney-disease-CKD patients. Method: An observational-clinical study of all patients who were scanned by DEXA-scan in 2018. All patients with low-bone-density or osteoporosis-based on World-Health-Organization-WHO definition were included. Results: 505 patients with abnormal-BMD, 87.3% were in early-stage CKD-stage I - II, 8.5% were in CKD-stage III - V and 4.2% did not have renal tests. 95 (18.8%) were male with a mean age of 57.0 years and 410 (81.2%) were females with a mean age of 55.8 years. Patients of ≥65 years had lower T-score than those who were younger than 65 years-old. Among CKD patients, those with late-CKD (stage III - V) had less BMD-measurements and lower T-score than those with early-CKD (stage I - II). A significant positive correlation exists between parathyroid hormone-PTH-level and the lower T-score. Female had a worse T-score at the lumbar-region whereas male had a worse T-score at the femoral-region. There was no significant difference between males and females for the T-score at hip-region. Conclusion: We observed a distribution of abnormal BMD among different age, sex and CKD groups. Measurements of BMD by DEXA might be a useful test to diagnose osteoporosis in CKD patients. Femoral and total hip areas were more affected, however DEXA might not be able to detect osteoporosis in the lumbar area of CKD patients. T-scores are lower in patients with more severe CKD and lower in elderly patients. PTH level is associated proportionally to the degree of bone loss. Early intervention and proper management must be implemented early among CKD patients with multidisciplinary team approach strategy. More studies are needed to determine if DEXA techniques are enough to distinguish the quantity of bone loss between different stages of CKD.
