Prevalence and outcome of renal impairment at prostatectomy.
Of 382 patients undergoing prostatectomy in Oxford in 1985 the prevalence of renal impairment (defined as plasma urea > 14 mmol/l or plasma creatinine > 200 mumol/l) was 8%; prostatectomy patients had significantly higher plasma ureas than age-matched patients undergoing herniorrhaphy and cholecystectomy in the same hospitals in the same year. A review of the case records of men with renal impairment showed that case history could not predict renal impairment. Although few case notes gave follow-up information, it was evident from the information available that recovery of renal function after prostatectomy did not occur invariably. Renal impairment in men undergoing prostatectomy represents substantial and unrecognised morbidity.
Oxfordshire Health Authority, Oxford.
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Hill
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Philpott
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Kay
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Smith
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Fellows
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Sacks
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003404:Creatinine / Q000097:blood; D004739:England / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000503:physiopathology*; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D011379:Prognosis; D011468:Prostatectomy / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000401:mortality; D011469:Prostatic Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality / Q000503:physiopathology; D014508:Urea / Q000097:blood; D014511:Uremia / Q000209:etiology
D014508:Urea; D003404:Creatinine