Sonographic and radiographic findings in congenital renal dysplasia in a female Lhasa apso

An 8-month-old Lhasa Apso female dog was referred to the Veterinary Hospital, FMVZ, Unesp, Botucatu Campus, with suspected congenital renal disorder. Ultrasound images revealed higher renal echogenicity, loss of corticomedullary demarcation and diverticular mineralization on the right kidney. The mucosal lining of the stomach was hyperechoic and radiographic examination demonstrated mineralization of wall and folds, which is consistent with uremic gastropathy.

Prevalencia de insuficiencia renal crónica en niños con displasia renal multiquística, Fundación Cardioinfantil de Bogotá

Introducción: La displasia renal multiquistica es una variante de displasia renal, anomalía congénita frecuente del tracto urinario, con una prevalencia del 2.9 - 50 % de insuficiencia renal crónica; frecuentemente asociada a otras malformaciones urinarias, sin datos en bogotá sobre prevalencia y comportamiento clínico. Objetivo: Evaluar la prevalencia de insuficiencia renal crónica en niños con displasia renal multiquistica valorados en consulta de nefrología en Fundación Cardioinfantil, instituto de cardiología de Bogotá. Metodología: Estudio de corte transversal, en niños con displasia renal multiquistica, confirmado por ecografía, valorados en consulta de Nefrología Pediátrica en los últimos diez años. Se realizó un análisis descriptivo de las variables, cálculos de prevalencia de Insuficiencia renal crónica. Resultados: Se revisó información de 70 pacientes, encontrando una prevalencia de IRC de 22.85% (IC 95 % 13.0 %-35.1 %); mayor frecuencia mujeres 12.85 %; 14.28% con otras malformaciones renales; 5.71 % en involución parcial, 4.28% en pacientes con involución completa del tamaño del riñón displásico. Se encontró 31.4% proteinuria; 22.8 % hiperfiltración; 4.28% hipertrofia compensadora del riñón sano; 24.2% involución parcial, 31.4 % involución completa del tamaño renal; frecuencia de HTA de 7,1% (IC95% 1%-9%). El 87.14% tuvo diagnóstico prenatal (IC 95% 81.0%-96.0%). Discusión: La prevalencia se encuentra dentro de los rangos de la literatura mundial, mayor a la colombiana y suramericana, predominando en pacientes con otras malformaciones renales asociadas, con mayor prevalencia de hipertensión arterial, que requiere estudios multicéntricos para determinar causalidad o presencia de otros factores.

Uretero-uretero anastomosis: una alternativa para pacientes con patología asociada a doble sistema colector

Introducción El doble sistema colector es la alteración renal más frecuente y presenta una incidencia 1/500 individuos. Hay varias opciones de tratamiento para el uréter con reflujo o severamente dilatado cuando se asocia a un sistema duplicado, entre ellas la uretero-uretero anastomosis. El objetivo es dar a conocer nuestra experiencia en la realización de este procedimiento para pacientes pediátricos. Materiales y métodos: Se presenta una serie de casos entre Enero 2010 y Abril 2014, se revisaron 214 historias clínicas de pacientes con doble sistema colector y patologías asociadas; 10 fueron sometidos a uretero-uretero anastomosis. El Seguimiento posopertorio fue de 12 meses promedio. Resultados: Se incluyeron 10 pacientes. El 70% fueron género femenino, la edad promedio al momento de la cirugía fue 5 años . Todos cursaban con infección urinaria y 10% presentaban incontinencia urinaria. En el postoperatorio, en 40% se encontró uréter ectópico, 30% ureterocele intravesical y 30% reflujo vesicoureteral al sistema inferior. Se realizaron siete anastomosis del sistema superior al inferior y tres del inferior al superior, todos por una incisión de 2cm a nivel inguinal y fueron derivados con catéter doble J sin complicaciones postoperatorias. Al tiempo de seguimiento la totalidad de los pacientes se encontraron sin profilaxis antibiótica, con dilatación resuelta, sin infecciones urinarias ni incontinencia. Conclusión: La uretero-uretero anastomosis es una alternativa fiable, segura y con mínima morbilidad para el tratamiento de pacientes con patología asociada a doble sistema colector. Estudios adicionales, con mayor número de pacientes y seguimiento serán necesarios para ver evolución a largo plazo.

Resultado perinatal de fetos com malformações do trato urinário

PURPOSE: to evaluate the perinatal outcome of fetuses with congenital anomalies of the urinary tract. METHODS: we reviewed the perinatal outcome of 35 fetuses with congenital anomalies of the urinary tract. The following characteristics related to the uropathy were analyzed: type (hydronephrosis, dysplasia and renal agenesis), side of lesion (bilateral or unilateral), and level of the obstruction (high or low, in hydronephrosis). The perinatal outcome was evaluated according to these characteristics. The data were analyzed by the c² test and by the exact Fisher test. The level of significance was 0.05. RESULTS: the incidence of hydronephrosis was 68.6%. Half of the fetuses had unilateral hydronephrosis. Renal dysplasia occurred in 17.1% of the cases; 83.3% of these were bilateral and 16.7%, unilateral. The incidence of renal agenesis was 14.3%, all bilateral. The fetuses with dysplasia/agenesis had a 91% incidence of oligohydramnios, preterm birth, low birth weight, and death. In the group with bilateral disease the presence of oligohydramnios, preterm birth, low birth weight, death, urinary tract infections, and the need of hospitalization for a period greater than 7 days was significant when compared to the group with unilateral disease. The need of hospitalization for a period greater than 7 days in patients with low obstruction was significantly higher when compared to the patients with high obstruction. CONCLUSIONS: hydronephrosis, bilateral disease, and lower obstruction were the most frequent uropathies. The dysplasia/agenesis group had a worse prognosis when compared with the hydronephrosis group. Bilateral disease had a worse prognosis when compared with the unilateral disease group. In the low obstruction group, the need for a period of hospitalization greater than seven days was higher than in the high obstruction group.

Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor antidepressant use in first trimester pregnancy and risk of specific congenital anomalies: a European register-based study

Evidence of an association between early pregnancy exposure to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI) and congenital heart defects (CHD) has contributed to recommendations to weigh benefits and risks carefully. The objective of this study was to determine the specificity of association between first trimester exposure to SSRIs and specific CHD and other congenital anomalies (CA) associated with SSRI exposure in the literature (signals). A population-based case-malformed control study was conducted in 12 EUROCAT CA registries covering 2.1 million births 1995-2009 including livebirths, fetal deaths from 20 weeks gestation and terminations of pregnancy for fetal anomaly. Babies/fetuses with specific CHD (n = 12,876) and non-CHD signal CA (n = 13,024), were compared with malformed controls whose diagnosed CA have not been associated with SSRI in the literature (n = 17,083). SSRI exposure in first trimester pregnancy was associated with CHD overall (OR adjusted for registry 1.41, 95% CI 1.07-1.86, fluoxetine adjOR 1.43 95% CI 0.85-2.40, paroxetine adjOR 1.53, 95% CI 0.91-2.58) and with severe CHD (adjOR 1.56, 95% CI 1.02-2.39), particularly Tetralogy of Fallot (adjOR 3.16, 95% CI 1.52-6.58) and Ebstein's anomaly (adjOR 8.23, 95% CI 2.92-23.16). Significant associations with SSRI exposure were also found for ano-rectal atresia/stenosis (adjOR 2.46, 95% CI 1.06-5.68), gastroschisis (adjOR 2.42, 95% CI 1.10-5.29), renal dysplasia (adjOR 3.01, 95% CI 1.61-5.61), and clubfoot (adjOR 2.41, 95% CI 1.59-3.65). These data support a teratogenic effect of SSRIs specific to certain anomalies, but cannot exclude confounding by indication or associated factors.

[Hypertension therapy in patients with renal artery stenosis]

Renovascular hypertension is due to reduced renal parenchymal perfusion. The correct diagnosis can be difficult. It is important to note that the demonstration of renal artery stenosis in a patient with hypertension does not necessarily constitute renovascular hypertension. Often, clinically nonsignificant and asymptomatic renal artery stenosis are found in patients with essential hypertension, or renal failure of other origin. Renovascular disease is a complex disorder with various clinical presentations. In patients with significant renovascular hypertension plasma renin is increased. For this reason the therapy aims to block the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system. Bilateral renal artery stenosis causes renal sodium retention. In this situation a diuretic drug has to be added to the therapy. Endovascular or surgical therapy has to be considered in patients with flash pulmonary edema or fibromuscular dysplasia. The control of cardiovascular risk factors is important.

Compliance in peritoneal dialysis : a qualitative study of renal nurses

End-stage renal failure is a life-threatening condition, often treated with home-based peritoneal dialysis (PD). PD is a demanding regimen, and the patients who practise it must make numerous lifestyle changes and learn complicated biomedical techniques. In our experience, the renal nurses who provide mostPDeducation frequently express concerns that patient compliance with their teaching is poor. These concerns are mirrored in the renal literature. It has been argued that the perceived failure of health professionals to improve compliance rates with PD regimens is because ‘compliance’ itself has never been adequately conceptualized or defined; thus, it is difficult to operationalize and quantify. This paper examines how a group of Australian renal nurses construct patient compliance with PD therapy. These empirical data illuminate how PD compliance operates in one practice setting; how it is characterized by multiple and often competing energies; and how ultimately it might be pointless to try to tame ‘compliance’ through rigid definitions and measurement, or to rigidly enforce it in PD patients. The energies involved are too fractious and might be better spent, as many of the more experienced nurses in this study argue, in augmenting the energies that do work well together to improve patient outcomes.