Dyspepsia among patients with chronic kidney disease: a cross sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Backgrounds

Dyspepsia is a condition that affects 25% of the U.S. population, and, when associated with pyrosis, its prevalence reaches 40%. Patients with chronic renal insufficiency not only present higher circulating levels of gastrin and gastric dysmotilty, but also make use of a great amount of drugs for the treatment of their comorbidities. This situation increases the chances of developing gastrointestinal symptoms. The aim of the current study is to evaluate the dyspeptic disease profile in patients undergoing hemodialysis, comparing them with chronic renal disease patients in conservative treatment and non-renal injury patients.

Methods

This is a cross sectional study performed at the Gastroenterology department at Faculdade de Medicina do ABC in São Paulo, Brazil. T

SUBMITTER: Bacci MR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4016304 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature