title: Ultrasonographic screening for renal abnormalities in three-year-old children.
abstract: We report the results of ultrasonographic screening to determine the prevalence of renal abnormalities in children. This study was conducted simultaneously with a regular health check using portable realtime ultrasound equipment, from July 1988 to June 1989. Of 2920 three-year-old children resident in Kurume City, 2351 (80.5%) were screened. Abnormalities were detected in 11 (0.47%) of these, involving six cases of pelvic dilatation, three cases of unilateral renal agenesis, and two cases of a unilaterally small kidney. However, the simultaneous urinalysis of these 11 children did not disclose these abnormalities. Our results indicate that ultrasonography is an efficient tool for screening for a silent renal abnormality.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Kurume University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mihara
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fukushima
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Yamashita
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tsunosue
mesh_terms: D001806:Blood Urea Nitrogen; D002675:Child, Preschool; D000013:Congenital Abnormalities / Q000097:blood / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000453:epidemiology; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D003404:Creatinine / Q000097:blood; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D007668:Kidney / Q000002:abnormalities*; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D015995:Prevalence; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014463:Ultrasonography
chemical_list: D003404:Creatinine