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.
Hill
A M
AM
Oxfordshire Health Authority, Oxford.
Philpott
N
N
Kay
J D
JD
Smith
J C
JC
Fellows
G J
GJ
Sacks
S H
SH
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