Abstract:Background
Kidney biopsies are crucial in the diagnosis of kidney diseases but they carry the risk of various complications, most commonly hematoma. Here we tried to identify the predictors of hematomas as a complication of kidney biopsies and we constructed an algorithm to stratify the risk.
Methods
The present report retrospectively reviewed 118 pediatric percutaneous kidney biopsies of native kidneys in 102 children (59 females) with the median age of 9 years (range: 1–19 years) at Kumamoto University Hospi… Show more
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