Images of standard pulmonary X-ray and CT scanner among patients with chronic renal failure with periodical hemodialysis
- Author:
Tuan Anh Bui
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
chronic renal failure
- MeSH:
Kidney Failure, Chronic;
ventilation
- From:Journal of Practical Medicine
2002;429(8):5-7
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
Studying features on the standard chest radiography and CT in 118 patients with chronic renal failure with peritoneal hemodialysis showed that: 61.29-83.29% patients have high density of lung hila, vascular syndrome, enlarged heart size, lung calcifications on the standard chest radiography, and CT. The ratio of finding pleural effusion, pleural thickening, Pneumonia of CT is higher than standard chest radiography (p<0.05).
