Tülin Güngör1, Fatma Yazılıtaş2, Evrim Kargın Çakıcı2, Ayşe Seçil Ekşioğlu3, Evra Çelikkaya2, Deniz Karakaya2, Esra Bağlan4, Mehmet Bülbül2,4. 1. Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Dr. Sami Ulus Maternity and Child Health and Diseases Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey. tulingungor84@gmail.com. 2. Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Dr. Sami Ulus Maternity and Child Health and Diseases Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey. 3. Department of Radiology, Dr. Sami Ulus Maternity and Child Health and Diseases Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey. 4. Department of Pediatric Rheumatology, Dr. Sami Ulus Maternity and Child Health and Diseases Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Children born with unilateral renal agenesis (URA) are thought to have a risk of developing hypertension, proteinuria, and progressive chronic kidney disease (CKD). The present study aimed to evaluate the long-term prognosis and clinical characteristics of children with URA. METHODS: The study included 171 patients aged < 18 years diagnosed as URA who were followed-up for ≥ 1 year and 121 healthy controls matched for age, gender, and BMI. RESULTS: Median age at diagnosis was 2 years (IQR: 1 month-16 years) and the incidence of URA in males (65.4%) was higher than in females. Among the patients, 21 (12.2%) had other urinary system anomalies. It was noted that 2.3% of the patients had proteinuria, 15.2% had hyperfiltration, and 2.9% had CKD. Hypertension based on ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) was diagnosed in 18 (10.5%) of the patients, of whom 10 had masked hypertension. Diastolic blood pressure in the URA patients was significantly higher than in the healthy controls. The incidence of hypertension and CKD was significantly higher in the patients with other urinary system anomalies. CONCLUSIONS: Patients with a single functional kidney should be periodically evaluated throughout their lifetime for urine protein, blood pressure, and kidney functions. The most remarkable finding of this study is the importance of the use of ABPM for evaluating blood pressure in pediatric URA patients, especially for the detection of masked hypertension and the non-dipper phenomenon, which cannot be achieved with office blood pressure measurement.
BACKGROUND: Children born with unilateral renal agenesis (URA) are thought to have a risk of developing hypertension, proteinuria, and progressive chronic kidney disease (CKD). The present study aimed to evaluate the long-term prognosis and clinical characteristics of children with URA. METHODS: The study included 171 patients aged < 18 years diagnosed as URA who were followed-up for ≥ 1 year and 121 healthy controls matched for age, gender, and BMI. RESULTS: Median age at diagnosis was 2 years (IQR: 1 month-16 years) and the incidence of URA in males (65.4%) was higher than in females. Among the patients, 21 (12.2%) had other urinary system anomalies. It was noted that 2.3% of the patients had proteinuria, 15.2% had hyperfiltration, and 2.9% had CKD. Hypertension based on ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) was diagnosed in 18 (10.5%) of the patients, of whom 10 had masked hypertension. Diastolic blood pressure in the URA patients was significantly higher than in the healthy controls. The incidence of hypertension and CKD was significantly higher in the patients with other urinary system anomalies. CONCLUSIONS: Patients with a single functional kidney should be periodically evaluated throughout their lifetime for urine protein, blood pressure, and kidney functions. The most remarkable finding of this study is the importance of the use of ABPM for evaluating blood pressure in pediatric URA patients, especially for the detection of masked hypertension and the non-dipper phenomenon, which cannot be achieved with office blood pressure measurement.
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