Open AccessCHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE
Author(s) -
Irfan Elahi,
Zeshan Nasir,
Sajjad Ahmed,
Shamsa Raheel
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
the professional medical journal/the professional medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2071-7733
pISSN - 1024-8919
DOI - 10.29309/tpmj/2018.25.03.382
Subject(s) - medicine , onycholysis , nail (fastener) , kidney disease , nail disease , surgery , dermatology , complication , materials science , metallurgy
Objectives: The objective of the study was to find out the prevalence of typesof nail changes in chronic kidney disease. Settings: Nephrology department, Mayo HospitalLahore. Duration of Study: From July 2016 to March 2017. Study Design: Descriptive Crosssectional study. Methodology: A structured questionnaire was filled for data collection. 220CKD patients were recruited. Basic demographic information like age and gender was obtainedfrom cases. Examination of nails of both hands and feet was done under bright light and anyabnormalities were noted on the structured performa. Nail changes were recorded as peroperational definition. Results: In our study, out of 220 cases, 61.36% (n=135) cases werebetween 15-50 years of age while 38.64% (n=85) were between 51-85 years of age, mean+sdwas calculated as 48.11+8.11 years, 57.27% (n=126) were male and 42.73% (n=94) werefemales, 16.36% (n=36) had half and half nails, 21.82% (n=48) had Koilonychia, 2.73% (n=6)had Beau’s lines, 48.64% (n=107) had Absent lanula, 1.36%(n=3) had Leuconychia, 5% (n=11)had Pitting, 1.82% (n=4) had Onycholysis, 2.27% (n=5) had Onychomycosis. Conclusion: Weconcluded that the frequency of nail changes in chronic kidney disease is significantly higherwhile absent lanula is a leading nail disorder followed by koilonychias and half and half nails inthese cases. Some other trials are required to validate our findings.