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| (Renal duplex Doppler ultrasound findings in diabetics) |
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| Hyang Yee Shim, M.D., Young Geun Kim, M.D., cheol Keu Kook,M.D., Chong Hyun Yoon, M.D., Shin Hyung Lee, M.D., Chang Joon Lee, M.D. |
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| Department of Radiology, National Medical Center |
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| The correlation between clinical-laboratory findings and renal duplex Doppler ultrasound findings was studiedin 45 patients with diabetes mellitus to see the role of duplex Doppler ultrasound in the detection of diabeticnephropathy. The resistive indices in patients with elevated serum creatinine, BUN, proteinuria, and systolicblood pressure levels were statistically significantly higher than those in patients with normal levels (p<0.05).Also resistive indics in patients with retinopathy were higher than that in patients without retinopathy (p<0.05).But the ultrasound morphologic changes of kidney such as renal length, cortical echogenicity, and corticomedullarycontrast were not well correlated with clinical-laboratory data and resistive index. The resistive index of thekidney in conjunction with colinical-laboratory data in diabetics may be helpful in the evaluation of diabeticnephropathy. 0 |
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| Keyword : Diabetes mellitus |
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Journal of Korean Society of Ultrasound in Medicine 1993 ; 12 (2) : p.173-179
