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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-4-14
pubmed:abstractText
We examined clinical and laboratory features retrospectively in 402 patients at the start of chronic hemodialysis in order to define better the "uremic syndrome" in the dialysis era. The information gathered included demographic data, renal diagnoses, uremic symptoms, biochemical values, and prevalences of hypertension (69%), diabetes mellitus (23%) and ischemic heart disease (16%). Unexpected findings were the wide ranges of serum creatinine levels (3.5 to 35 mg/dl) and blood urea nitrogen levels (35 to 345 mg/dl), and the frequency of hyponatremia (27%), hypoalbuminemia (52%), and anion gaps above 25 mg/dl (5%). There were higher hematocrits in males and diabetics, lower serum creatinine levels in females, diabetics and older patients, and lower blood urea nitrogen levels in blacks. The time interval from diagnosis of diabetes mellitus to initiation of dialysis in patients with diabetic nephropathy due to juvenile-onset diabetes mellitus (20.6 +/- 6.8 years) was twice that in adult onset diabetes mellitus (10.3 +/- 8.3 years).
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0301-0430
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
31
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
77-87
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
Clinical and laboratory features of patients with chronic renal disease at the start of dialysis.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence 02902.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article