| dc.description.abstract | Background: Hypertensive nephropathy is risk of developing chronic kidney
disease and end stage renal disease. The incidence of hypertensive nephropathy is
increasing with increasing incidence of essential hypertension. Similarly,
retinopathy which is also a complication of hypertension. This prompted us to
assess the relationship between the degree of nephropathy and retinopathy as
early screening for complications of hypertension.
Objective: To determine the influence between the echogenicity of renal cortex
by renal ultrasound examination with the degree of retinopathy by funduscopic
examination, so that these parameters can be used to detect early complications of
hypertension in the target organs as the kidneys and the eyes of prospective and
reliable indicators.
Methods: This observational study started from June 2014 to September 2014 on
40 patients with hypertension and did anamnesis, vital signs measurement,
anthropometric examination, and laboratory testing of ureum, creatinine,
urinalysis, renal ultrasound and fundoscopy.
Result: This study report significant correlation between the echogenicity of renal
cortex and the degree of retinopathy by using spearman analysis (p=0,001,
r= 0,517).
Conclusion: This two parameters, ultrasonography and funduscopic expected to
be used to detect early complications of hypertension in the target organs as the
kidneys and the eyes of prospective indicators and reliable and can be a predictor
of one another | en_US |
