The diagnosis of nephropathies in patients with chronic alcoholism
Dziuba, I.I.; Dotsenko, A.V.; Vlasenko, A.I.
Vrachebnoe Delo 6: 30-32
1989
ISSN/ISBN: 0049-6804 PMID: 2781757 Document Number: 339952
A clinico-laboratory study of 60 patients with chronic alcoholism (stage II) revealed changes of the kidneys and urinary system in a half of all patients. Radionuclide examination revealed renal function disorders in 78.3% of patients indicating its value in the early diagnosis of alcohol nephropathy. Autopsy data in 246 cases revealed morphological changes in the kidneys in 2/3 of them (dystrophy, necrotic nephrosis, chronic glomerulonephritis, pyelonephritis).