Renal sonographic findings in Nigerian pre– school children with asymptomatic proteinuria

Dr. Odutola Israel Odetunde; Dr. Adesina Olalekan Semiu Aderibigbe; Dr. Ngozi Rosemary Njeze; Dr. Kingley Ihedioha Achigbu; Dr. Josephat Maduabuchi Chinawa; Dr. Oluwatoyin arinola Odetunde; Prof. Henrietta Uche Okafor

Volume : III, Issue : VII, July - 2014

Renal sonographic findings in Nigerian pre– school children with asymptomatic proteinuria

Dr. Odutola Israel Odetunde, Dr. Adesina Olalekan Semiu Aderibigbe, Dr. Ngozi Rosemary Njeze, Dr. Kingley Ihedioha Achigbu, Dr. Josephat Maduabuchi Chinawa, Dr. Oluwatoyin Arinola Odetunde, Prof. Henrietta Uche Okafor

Abstract :

Background: We carried out this study to evaluate the usefulness of ultrasonography in the early detection of renal disorder in pre– school children with asymptomatic proteinuria.

Method: A multi– stage interval early morning urinalysis was carried out on the subjects (before and after) renal ultrasound examination for persistent proteinuria.

Result: There was a prevalence of 2.7% (17 subjects) for proteinuria at the first screening with no age or gender preponderance (P value > 0.05). Persistent proteinuria (urinalysis done after two weeks) was found to be 1.6% (10 subjects). Three subjects (30 %) with persistent proteinuria had abnormal renal ultrasonographic findings. Second interval urinalysis, 4 months after the first urinalysis revealed unremitting proteinuria in 2 subjects (66.7%) and1 (14.3%) of the subjects with abnormal and normal renal ultrasonographic findings respectively. Conclusion: Persistent proteinuria may be early feature of renal disorder, hence it is desirable to evaluate such subject starting with ultrasound and interval urinalysis in order to make early detection of the disease