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Screening for renal impairment in viral hepatopathy B: it is time to begin
Mona Boudabbous1,2, Fatma Bouzid2, Ikram Agrebi3,2
1Gastroenterology Department, Hédi Chaker Hospital, Sfax, Tunisia.
Aim:
The aim of this study was to assess the value of routine screening for renal damage in cases of B viral infection, by looking for proteinuria and elevated creatinemia.
Materials & Methods:
We investigate the frequency and associated factors of renal impairment in patients with viral B hepatopathy.
Results:
Pathological albuminuria was confirmed in 44.73%. The chronic kidney disease with slightly decreased filtration rate was found in 21.05%. In multivariate analysis, only BMI was an independent factor for pathological albuminuria (p = 0.013) and only age was an independent predictor of chronic kidney disease (p = 0.056).
Conclusion:
Urine dipstick and creatinemia are useful for routine screening in viral B hepatopathy especially in the elderly and overweight.
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