title: [Clinical and laboratory features and prognostic implications in myeloma with and without renal impairment].
abstract: Presenting clinical and laboratory features, prognostic implications and survival in 124 multiple myeloma patients were reviewed in a retrospective study based on hospital records. The median age was 65 years. Out of all patients, 2.42% were younger than 40 years and 62.9% were 60 years and older. The main presenting clinical features were bone pain (70.16%), fatigue (31.45%), recurrent infections (9.68%) and weight loss (0.3%). Renal failure was present in 35.48% of patients. The higher means of ionised calcium, uric acid, erythrocyte sedimentation rate, M protein were correlated with the higher mean of serum creatinine. The acturial survival of myeloma patients without renal failure at 1 and 2 years was 95.08% and 89.23% respectively, while acturial survival of myeloma patients with renal failure at 1 and 2 years was 82.5% and 73.35% respectively (p<0.01). One-year survival in myeloma patients maintained on chronic hemodialysis was 68.75% while it is reported as 90.91% for myeloma patients not on dialysis (p<0.006).
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Hematology, Clinic of Nephrology, Kaunas University of Medicine, Lithuania.
authors.forename: Rasa
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Griniūte
authors.forename: Inga Arūne
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Bumblyte
mesh_terms: D000206:Actuarial Analysis; D000328:Adult; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D003404:Creatinine / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D053208:Kaplan-Meier Estimate; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009101:Multiple Myeloma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy; D011379:Prognosis; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D051437:Renal Insufficiency / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D003404:Creatinine