Renal Osteodystrophy As Seen At Kenyatta National Hospital
Abstract
31 patients (17 males and 14 females) were studied
Clinical renal osteodystrophy, taken as bone tenderness
with restricted joint movements, was found in
21(67.7%) patients and there was no difference
between the two sexes. Clinical renal osteodystrophy
was found among all the ago groups studied (15
to 50 years)® Pain in the lumbar and long bones were
a-RTong the most frequent and consistent early complaint^.
Serial skeletal x-rays r_taken-, were all reported normal.
The mean duration of illness of patients with clinical
renal osteodystrophy was 36.5 ± 13»9 months and this was
found to be significant (.O1^P< .025). Biochemical
renal osteodystrophy, taken as raised sei'um alkaline r
phosphatase (mean 182.4 + 39*1 mmo1/1) and serum
inorganic phosphate (mean 3*36 ± 1.25tnmol/l) , was found
in l8 (58.1?o) of 31 patients. There was significant
correlation between creatinine clearance (mean 10.29±
15.1ml/min) and biochemical renal osteodystrophy
(P .01) .
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University of Nairobi
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