[Acquired cystic kidney disease among hemodialysis patients: echographic and clinical study]

Arch Ital Urol Nefrol Androl. 1991 Jun:63 Suppl 2:93-8.
[Article in Italian]

Abstract

Thirty-six of 56 (64%) patients on chronic hemodialysis for 1 to 194 months were found to have ACKD (at least 3 cysts per kidney) by means of ultrasonographic evaluation. The number, size and extent of cysts were positively and significantly correlated with the months on hemodialysis. There was also a significant positive correlation between grade of ACKD and Hb. Moreover there was a significant positive association of abdominal pain; none had suffered from hemorrhage or neoplasm.

MeSH terms

  • Abdominal Pain / etiology
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Anemia / etiology
  • Female
  • Hemoglobins / analysis
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Kidney Diseases, Cystic / diagnostic imaging
  • Kidney Diseases, Cystic / epidemiology
  • Kidney Diseases, Cystic / etiology*
  • Kidney Diseases, Cystic / pathology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Renal Dialysis / adverse effects*
  • Risk Factors
  • Time Factors
  • Ultrasonography

Substances

  • Hemoglobins