RESUMO
Renal failure is a relatively common phenomenon in hospital practice, much of its aspects are known as regards to both fields of diagnosis and treatment, but, still there are some points in the topic which still not completely covered as cardio-pulmonary changes in renal failure. This work included 50 patients proved to have uremia [clinical and laboratory investigations], 35 of them undergone dialysis either peritoneal or haemodialysis. Chest x-ray were made to all subjects and their findings were arranged under the following scheme; [a] Looking at the thoracic cage; [b] Evaluation of pulmonary vasculature; [c] Assessment of the radiologic state of lung fields; [d] Checking of the clearity of the costophrenic sinus; [e] Assessment of cardiac size and configuration; [f] Looking at the hila. From this work it was found that the following changes were obtained; increase bone density, exaggerated or oligaemic pulmonary vasculature, fibrotic strands, calcification, pneumonic shadow, obliteration of costophrenic sinus, increase cardiac size, and hiler shadowing. From these radiological changes it can be concluded that plain radiography of chest and heart has an efficient role in diagnosing the cardiopulmonary complications which may occur secondary to uremia