Renal resistive index in chronic kidney disease patients: Possible determinants and risk profile.
Michele ProvenzanoLaura RivoliCarlo GarofaloTeresa FagaElena PelagiMaria PerticoneRaffaele SerraAshour MichaelNicolino ComiMichele AndreucciPublished in: PloS one (2020)
This analysis suggests that RI is higher in CKD patients with CVD, diabetes, smoking habit and higher serum phosphorus, regardless of eGFR. Further studies are needed to verify whether higher RI indicates more complex pathway of intrarenal damage, besides and beyond kidney function.
Keyphrases
- end stage renal disease
- chronic kidney disease
- type diabetes
- small cell lung cancer
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- cardiovascular disease
- prognostic factors
- epidermal growth factor receptor
- oxidative stress
- tyrosine kinase
- smoking cessation
- metabolic syndrome
- glycemic control
- risk assessment
- skeletal muscle
- insulin resistance
- sewage sludge