Renal Cortex Thickness and Kidney Size by Ultrasonography in Normal Korean Adults and Chronic Renal Failure Patients / 대한신장학회잡지

ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND: The thickness of the renal cortex is useful in all aspects of nephrology but no normal range has been established. Therefore, we investigated the renal cortex thickness by ultrasonography in normal Korean adults and chronic renal failure (CRF) patients before renal replacement therapy. For the purpose of evaluating the normal range then, we are going to predict the threshold range of cortex thickness in irreVersible renal failure status. METHODS: In 243 healthy Korean adults and 57 CRF patients with the creatinine level, or =30 mL/min was 0.63+/-0.10 cm, 0.79+/-0.11 cm (p or =30 mL/min in CRF patients. But the cortex thickness alone is not a sufficient marker to predict reversibility. We should consider other invasive procedure such as kidney biopsy.