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AIMS: To demonstrate the correlation of anemia and intact parathormone with left ventricular hypertrophy in a cohort of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) patients in a tertiary care centre. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was done over 2 years on 230 renal failure patients (160 males, 70 females), aged 15-75 years, who had elevated serum creatinine and reduced GFR. The patients were assessed based on clinical history and a number of laboratory parameters including serum creatinine, calcium, iPTH level, Hb, Hct, GFR and LVMI. Settings : Patients were seen as inpatients and outpatients in a tertiary care centre. RESULTS : In CKD stages I, II and III, 51% of the patients had anemia Hb<11gm/dl), 16%of the patients had elevated iPTH, 79% of male patients and 71% of female patients had LVH. In Stage IV CKD, 55% of the patients had anemia, 25% of the patients had elevated iPTH, 74% of male patients and 100% of female patients had LVH. In stage V CKD, 76% of the patients had anemia, 31% of the patients had elevated iPTH, 77% of male patients and 96% of female patients had LVH. In all five stages, 78% of male patients and 71% of female patients with elevated iPTH had LVH, 81% of male patients and 90% of female patients with anemia had LVH. Systemic hypertension was present in 69% of the patients. CONCLUSION: Anemia is widely prevalent in our cohort of CKD patients. Severity of anemia is correlated to LVH and secondary hyperparathyroidism in these patients.
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Adolescente , Adulto , Anciano , Anemia/complicaciones , Estudios de Cohortes , Estudios Transversales , Femenino , Humanos , Hiperparatiroidismo/epidemiología , Hipertrofia Ventricular Izquierda/epidemiología , India/epidemiología , Fallo Renal Crónico/complicaciones , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Prevalencia , Estudios Prospectivos , Factores de Riesgo , Índice de Severidad de la EnfermedadRESUMEN
A 5-year-old boy presented with history of failure to thrive from infancy. There was a history of one sibling death due to similar problems and history of severe abortions in the mother. Routine examination of peripheral smear revealed more than 50% acanthocytes. Based on this tests were streamlined to doing lipid profile and Lipo protein electrophoresis which revealed hypolipidemia and absent beta hypo protein band. Jejunal mucosal biopsy confirmed the diagnosis of A Beta Lipo proteinemia which revealed lipid laden enterocytes. This case illustrates the importance of simple tests like peripheral smear examination in streamlining further tests in the diagnosis of major diseases.