title: Morbidity of patients with analgesic-associated nephropathy on regular dialysis treatment and after renal transplantation.
abstract: In a retrospective study, patients with end-stage renal failure from analgesic-associated nephropathy - 55 on regular dialysis treatment and 12 after renal transplantation - were under observation for 57 and 33 months, respectively. Of these 34 patients on chronic hemodialysis had suffered from different cardiovascular diseases. Hypertriglyceridemia was diagnosed in 62% of the patients, arterial hypertension requiring antihypertensive therapy in 44%. In three patients (5%) carcinoma of the urinary bladder were diagnosed. The leading causes of death in 21 patients included cardiovascular diseases (29%), hyperkalemia (19%), sepsis, and malignant tumors (14% each). Rejection occurred in 3 out of 12 patients after renal transplantation. Again, cardiovascular morbidity was high (58%) with coronary heart disease being present in 33% of the patients. Hypertriglyceridemia was observed in 5 out of 6 patients, antihypertensive therapy was needed in 50%. One patient died from primary pulmonary hypertension.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung IV, Medizinische Universitätsklinik und Poliklinik, Freiburg.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ballé
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Schollmeyer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008134:Long-Term Care; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D012189:Retrospective Studies
chemical_list: D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal