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Electroencephalogram findings in chronic kidney disease

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Last updated: 03 Jan 2025

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Pediatrics Nephrology

Abstract

Introduction
Uremic polyneuropathy is a common complication of chronic renal in sufficiency in the peripheral nervous system (PNS). EEG is useful in assessing patients with uremic encephalopathy and in monitoring their progress. EEG in CKD usually shows irregular low voltage with slowing of the posterior dominant alpha rhythm and occasional theta bursts. Prolonged bursts of bilateral, synchronous slow and sharp waves or spike waves are characteristic. These changes stabilize with dialysis when adequate, efficient of long duration and sufficient for appropriate urea clearance. However many patients as, hypertensive patients, those with associated electrolyte disorders (hypocalcemia, hypo or hypernatremia, hypo or hyperkalemia, intractable acidosis) will not show any improvement.
 
Aim of the study
 To investigate the Electroencephalogram findings in different stages of chronic kidney disease.
 
Patients and Methods
In this prospective observational study, we included 54 children (22 males and 32 females) with different stages of chronic renal diseases (from stage 1 to stage 5, either in pre dialytic or dialytic stage), with mean age of 12.2 years & a ra             (4-18).
 
Results
Stages (3, 4 & 5) had significantly higher Theta pattern record compared to stages 1 & 2 (33.3% of both stage 3 & 4 and 50% of stage 5 cases have shown theta records. Increased frequency of asymetry and sharp waves with progress of CKD to a maximum in dialytic stage.
 
Conclusions
Pediatric patients with chronic kidney diseases have obvious distinct EEG deviations from normality which increase with the progress
 

DOI

10.21608/geget.2019.67036

Keywords

Chronic Kidney Disease, EEG, Uremic polyneuropathy

Authors

First Name

Salwa

Last Name

Swelam

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Affiliation

Pediatrics departement, Faculty of Medicine, Minia University, Minia, Egypt.

Email

salwasara@yahoo.com

City

Minia

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First Name

Samir

Last Name

Abdallah

MiddleName

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Affiliation

Pediatrics departement, Faculty of Medicine, Minia University, Minia, Egypt.

Email

dr_samir_tamer@hotmail.com

City

Minia

Orcid

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First Name

Doaa

Last Name

Mahrous

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Affiliation

Pediatrics departement, Faculty of Medicine, Minia University, Minia, Egypt.

Email

doaamahrous5@yahoo.com

City

Minia

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Volume

14

Article Issue

2

Related Issue

10095

Issue Date

2019-12-01

Receive Date

2019-11-16

Publish Date

2019-12-01

Page Start

25

Page End

31

Print ISSN

1687-613X

Online ISSN

2636-3666

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https://geget.journals.ekb.eg/article_67036.html

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675

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GEGET

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Electroencephalogram findings in chronic kidney disease

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22 Jan 2023