title: Upper gastro-intestinal mucosal changes in patients with chronic renal failure.
abstract: A prospective study was undertaken to determine the radiological, endoscopic and histological changes of upper gastro-intestinal mucosa in patients with end-stage renal failure and the effect of haemodialysis. Of the 30 patients studied, 28 (93%) had presented with upper gastrointestinal symptoms. Abnormal findings on upper gastrointestinal endoscopy were observed in 66.7% patients. These comprised oesophagitis (23.3%) gastritis (30%), duodenitis (33.3%) and peptic ulcer (6.7%). Histological study of the mucosal tissue biopsy in 24 patients showed oesophagitis, gastritis and duodenitis in 12.5%, 45.8% and 37.5% respectively. Ten patients were re-evaluated after institution of haemodialysis therapy for a minimum of one month. Though there was a significant improvement in gastrointestinal symptoms (p less than 0.05), there was no effect on endoscopic changes. The study documents a high incidence of mucosal inflammatory changes rather than that of ulcer disease in chronic renal failure.
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Goenka
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kochhar
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Mehta
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Nagi
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Malik
authors.forename: K S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Chugh
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D004382:Duodenitis / Q000473:pathology*; D004724:Endoscopy; D004941:Esophagitis / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000473:pathology; D005756:Gastritis / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000473:pathology; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010437:Peptic Ulcer / Q000473:pathology*