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Article: Recent findings in kidney disease described by A. Kurien and colleagues.(Report)
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- Biotech Week
- Article date:
- October 21, 2009
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"The impact of percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) in chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients was retrospectively analyzed in this study. We analyzed the factors that can impair renal function and predict the need for renal replacement therapy (RRT) after PCNL," researchers in India report (see also Kidney Disease).
"Ninety-one chronic kidney patients with a mean age of 52.5 +/- 13 involving 117 renal units underwent PCNL in our institution for 5 years. A mean of 1.6 +/- 1.1 tracks and 1.3 +/- 0.6 sittings per renal unit was required for PCNL. The estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) pre-PCNL (postdrainage), peak eGFR on follow-up, and eGFR at last follow-up ...