Renal duplex Doppler ultrasound in elderly patients with liver cirrhosis

Prof. Dr. Motassem Salah Amer; Prof. Dr. Randa Reda Mabrouk; Prof. Dr. Tarek Khairy Abdelâ€“dayem; Prof. Dr. Laila Ahmad Abdurrahman; Dr. Samia Ahmed Abdulâ€“Rahman; Mona Hegazy Mohammed Hegazy

Volume : VI, Issue : V, May - 2016

Renal duplex Doppler ultrasound in elderly patients with liver cirrhosis

Prof. Dr. Motassem Salah Amer, Prof. Dr. Randa Reda Mabrouk, Prof. Dr. Tarek Khairy Abdel Dayem, Prof. Dr. Laila Ahmad Abdurrahman, Dr. Samia Ahmed Abdul Rahman, Mona Hegazy Mohammed Hegazy

Abstract :

Objective: To study the renal resistive index measured by duplex doppler ultrasound in elderly patients with compensated and decompensated cirrhosis. Methods: 100 elderly patients aged 60 years and older were divided as group 1 with compensated cirrhosis and group 2 with decompensated cirrhosis. Renal duplex ultrasound was done to both groups. Renal resistive index (RRI) was measured bilaterally, and then compared in both groups. Results: Patients with liver cirrhosis have higher RRI values, and the RRI is significantly higher in patients with decompensated cirrhosis in comparison to patients with compensated cirrhosis. Conclusion: Renal duplex ultrasound is a non–invasive, simple and easy method to study intra–renal hemodynamics in patients with liver cirrhosis that predicts patients at risk of hepatorenal impairment. The RRI increases with the degree of hepatic decompensation.