Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease in hemodialysis patients in southern Brazil

Abstract

The prevalence of the disease is low among hemodialysis patients in southern Brazil. The differences observed between genders, with the exception of the post-dialysis urea, were not significant. The findings are different from those reported in North America and Europe.

Clinical presentation and outcome of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease in Nigeria

“…17,20 A lower incidence of 10.4% was reported by Alves et al in Brazil among elderly subjects. 18 The occurrence of liver cysts (attributed to oestrogen-induced cystic expansion and multiplication) was higher among females in this study as previously reported by other authors. 17,20,26 Cardiac valve anomalies: In our study, aortic regurgitation (AR) was the only cardiac anomaly detected by echocardiogram.…”

“…It was higher than 73% found byAlves et al and can reach up to nearly 100% of ADPKD patients with ESRD. 18,21 Majority of our patients presented with severe hypertension. It was more common among men (56.1%) in our study.…”

“…In our study, 31.7% had urinary tract infection which is similar to 35.8% reported by Romao et al 17 It was more prevalent among females in conformity with findings by previous authors. 7,[17][18][19] Majority of the subjects (73.2%) had haematocrit below 30%. This is lower than 88.2% reported among an elderly group with ADPKD.…”

“…In Dakar, hypertension was found in 61.1% of their male subjects who had ADPKD even though some other studies reported higher prevalence of hypertension among women. 7,[17][18]22 Hypertension is known to occur at an earlier age in patients with ADPKD compared to the general population. 21 The peak incidence of hypertension was 31-40 years in our study which coincides with the peak age at presentation of ADPKD.…”

Diagnóstico tardío de la poliquistosis renal autosómica dominante en una población peruana

“…Ocho pacientes fueron diagnosticados de ERC en el último mes antes de su ingreso a HD, cuatro entre en el segundo y sexto mes y tres luego del sexto mes. La tasa de filtración glomerular promedio con la que iniciaron HD fue de 4,03 mL/min y sólo el 20,0% fue evaluado previamente por un nefrólogo.Nuestros resultados muestran una baja frecuencia de PQRAD, siendo predominantemente de sexo masculino; similar a lo encontrado en países vecinos como Brasil [4] . La edad de ingreso a HD fue similar a otros estudios, los mismos que no encontraron diferencias según sexo; no obstante, el género masculino es considerado un determinante de peor pronóstico, lo que los lleva a necesitar HD de manera más temprana [4] .…”