Background: Renal Resistive Index (RRI) is an important and non-invasive parameter of renal damage and it is associated with abnormal microcirculation or to a parenchymal injury. The aim of our study was to compare the RRI in a cohort of patients with renal diseases categorized in three groups: nephrotic syndrome (NS), acute nephritic syndrome (ANS) and patients with urinary abnormalities (UA). Methods: Four hundred eighty-two patients with median age of 48 years (IQR 34-62) with indications for kidney disease were included in the study. Biochemical analyses, clinical assessment with detection of NS, ANS and UA and comorbidities were reported. Renal Doppler ultrasound with RRI was evaluated in all patients at the time of enrolment. Results: NS was present in 81 (16.8 %) patients while ANS in 81 (16.8 %) and UA in 228 (47.3 %) patients. Patients with ANS showed significant higher RRI compared to both patients with NS [0.71 (IQR 0.67-0.78) vs 0.68 (0.63-0.73), p < 0.001] and UA [0.71 (0.67-0.78) vs 0.65 (0.61-0.71), p < 0.001]; RRI was higher in NS patients than in patients with UA [0.68 (0.63-0.73) vs 0.65 (0.61-0.71), p < 0.001]. Patients with ANS had significantly lower median estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) compared respectively to NS and UA patients [19.7 ml/min vs 54.8 ml/min and vs 72.3 ml/min, p < 0.001], while renal length was significantly higher in patients with NS compared to both patients with ANS and UA [111.88 mm vs 101.98 mm and vs 106.15, p < 0.001]. Patients with ANS had more frequently hematuria and RRI ≥ 0.70 (p < 0.001) compared to both patients with NS and patients with UA. The multiple regression analysis, weighted for age, showed that RRI inversely correlates with eGFR (β coefficient = -0.430, p < 0.001). Conclusions: Higher and pathological RRI were found in ANS than NS and UA. Renal resistive index in ANS reflects changes in intrarenal perfusion and microvascular dysfunction related to disease characteristics.

Changes in renal microcirculation in patients with nephrotic and nephritic syndrome. the role of resistive index / Gigante, Antonietta; Pellicano, Chiara; De Marco, Oriana; Assanto, Eleonora; Sorato, Georgia; Palladini, Alberto; Rosato, Edoardo; Lai, Silvia; Muscaritoli, Maurizio; Cianci, Rosario. - In: MICROVASCULAR RESEARCH. - ISSN 0026-2862. - 152:(2023). [10.1016/j.mvr.2023.104641]

Changes in renal microcirculation in patients with nephrotic and nephritic syndrome. the role of resistive index

Gigante, Antonietta
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Pellicano, Chiara;De Marco, Oriana;Assanto, Eleonora;Sorato, Georgia;Palladini, Alberto;Rosato, Edoardo;Lai, Silvia;Muscaritoli, Maurizio;Cianci, Rosario
2023

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Background: Renal Resistive Index (RRI) is an important and non-invasive parameter of renal damage and it is associated with abnormal microcirculation or to a parenchymal injury. The aim of our study was to compare the RRI in a cohort of patients with renal diseases categorized in three groups: nephrotic syndrome (NS), acute nephritic syndrome (ANS) and patients with urinary abnormalities (UA). Methods: Four hundred eighty-two patients with median age of 48 years (IQR 34-62) with indications for kidney disease were included in the study. Biochemical analyses, clinical assessment with detection of NS, ANS and UA and comorbidities were reported. Renal Doppler ultrasound with RRI was evaluated in all patients at the time of enrolment. Results: NS was present in 81 (16.8 %) patients while ANS in 81 (16.8 %) and UA in 228 (47.3 %) patients. Patients with ANS showed significant higher RRI compared to both patients with NS [0.71 (IQR 0.67-0.78) vs 0.68 (0.63-0.73), p < 0.001] and UA [0.71 (0.67-0.78) vs 0.65 (0.61-0.71), p < 0.001]; RRI was higher in NS patients than in patients with UA [0.68 (0.63-0.73) vs 0.65 (0.61-0.71), p < 0.001]. Patients with ANS had significantly lower median estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) compared respectively to NS and UA patients [19.7 ml/min vs 54.8 ml/min and vs 72.3 ml/min, p < 0.001], while renal length was significantly higher in patients with NS compared to both patients with ANS and UA [111.88 mm vs 101.98 mm and vs 106.15, p < 0.001]. Patients with ANS had more frequently hematuria and RRI ≥ 0.70 (p < 0.001) compared to both patients with NS and patients with UA. The multiple regression analysis, weighted for age, showed that RRI inversely correlates with eGFR (β coefficient = -0.430, p < 0.001). Conclusions: Higher and pathological RRI were found in ANS than NS and UA. Renal resistive index in ANS reflects changes in intrarenal perfusion and microvascular dysfunction related to disease characteristics.
2023
microcirculation; nephritic syndrome; nephrotic syndrome; renal doppler ultrasound; renal resistive index
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Changes in renal microcirculation in patients with nephrotic and nephritic syndrome. the role of resistive index / Gigante, Antonietta; Pellicano, Chiara; De Marco, Oriana; Assanto, Eleonora; Sorato, Georgia; Palladini, Alberto; Rosato, Edoardo; Lai, Silvia; Muscaritoli, Maurizio; Cianci, Rosario. - In: MICROVASCULAR RESEARCH. - ISSN 0026-2862. - 152:(2023). [10.1016/j.mvr.2023.104641]
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