Assessment of Cardiac Function in Patients of Chronic Kidney Disease

Abstract

Introduction-The prevalence of CKD and End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) are increasing worldwide. They are associated with decreased quality of life, increased morbidity and mortality, leading to higher economic costs. Mortality due to CVD is high in patients with CKD and is associated with many structural and functional abnormalities.Therefore, it is necessary to characterize these abnormalities, understand the underlying pathophysiology, assess risk and/or target their specific management. The Aimhere is to evaluate cardiac function in patients of chronic kidney disease (CKD) by Two-dimensional echocardiography. The Method that we have adopted for our research isCross sectional study.This study was conducted at Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Karad. This was in patient department based study.The Study duration was18 months (carried out from October 2018 to March 2020).Resultindicate Mean age of patients in the present study was 56.44 ± 15.99 years. Majority of the patients belonged to age group of 60 years or more 35 (50%) followed by 40-59 years 23 (32.9%) and less than 40 years 12 (17.1%).Majority of the patients in our study were males 47(67.1%) and rest were females 23 (32.9%).The study Concludes thatIn present study half of the patients were in stage 4 and 5 of CKD. All patients in CKD stage 4 and 5 had diastolic dysfunction by echocardiogram. Significant proportion of patients also had systolic dysfunction in stage 4 and 5 CKD compared to early stages of CKD.