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Clinical risk factors associated with bleeding after native kidney biopsy. Nephrology (Carlton) 2005 Jun;10(3):305-10

Date

06/17/2005

Pubmed ID

15958047

DOI

10.1111/j.1440-1797.2005.00394.x

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-21344458186 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)   109 Citations

Abstract

PURPOSE: To determine the effect of various risk factors on postbiopsy bleeding (PBB).

PROCEDURE: A retrospective review of 645 native kidney biopsies carried out from 1981 to 2001 was conducted. Data regarding age, gender, race, prebiopsy blood pressure, history of hypertension, pre- and postbiopsy haemoglobin/haematocrit, serum creatinine and blood urea nitrogen (BUN) were collected.

FINDINGS: The overall PBB complication rate was 6.2%. High blood pressure was associated with a high risk of bleeding (test for trend, P < 0.05). It increased when systolic blood pressure (SBP) was >160 mm of Hg, diastolic blood pressure (DBP) was >100 mm of Hg, or mean arterial pressure (MAP) was > or = 120 mm of Hg. In patients with a history of hypertension, the risk of PBB was 3.74 times higher (P = 0.0001) than patients with no history of hypertension, irrespective of blood pressure at the time of biopsy. For patients with creatinine > 2 mg/dL, the risk ratio for PBB was 5.89 when compared with patients with creatinine < or = 2 mg/dL. Logistic regression analysis showed that a history of hypertension was associated with PBB, with an odds ratio of 1.89 (confidence interval, 1.10-3.26, P < 0.03), and serum creatinine of > 2.0 mg/dL was associated with an odds ratio of 2.56 (confidence interval, 1.48-4.42, P = 0.001) for PBB.

CONCLUSIONS: The risk of PBB increases with high SBP, DBP or MAP. A history of hypertension and high serum creatinine are significant independent risk factors for PBB.

Author List

Shidham GB, Siddiqi N, Beres JA, Logan B, Nagaraja HN, Shidham SG, Piering WF

Author

Brent R. Logan PhD Director, Professor in the Institute for Health and Equity department at Medical College of Wisconsin




MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold

Adult
Biopsy
Blood Pressure
Creatinine
Female
Hemorrhage
Humans
Hypertension, Renal
Kidney Diseases
Male
Middle Aged
Retrospective Studies
Risk Factors