Open AccessAdult day-case renal biopsy: a single-centre experience
Author(s) -
Christopher Carrington,
A. Williams,
David F. Griffiths,
Steven Riley,
K. Donovan
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
nephrology dialysis transplantation
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.654
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1460-2385
pISSN - 0931-0509
DOI - 10.1093/ndt/gfq571
Subject(s) - medicine , biopsy , renal biopsy , kidney disease , surgery , urology , pathology
Despite improvements in safety seen over the last 20 years, percutaneous renal biopsy is still associated with haemorrhagic complications. Due to concerns over delayed bleeding, most nephrologists would advocate overnight observation. Recent evidence in both adult and paediatric populations suggest that in some groups, this is unnecessary. Since 1991, we have provided a day-case renal biopsy service performing 70 such procedures per year. In this study, we present a retrospective analysis of this practice.
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