Abstract:
Diabetes is common disease in many populations including Sudanese This is a descriptive study done in Alrakha hospital in Omdurman - Sudan during the period from May to November 2018, to measure the kidneys dimensions in Sudanese diabetic patients using ultrasonography .The data of this study were collected by data master sheets include the following parameter (age, gender, weights, type of DM, and duration of DM) and analyzed by SPSS based on descriptive statistics. 80 patients were enrolled in this study, 50 patients had diabetes mellitus .and 30 patient are healthy (control group). The kidneys measurements were taken in two diameters: the longitudinal diameter and the transfer’s diameter with patient in supine position.
The study found that 64% of patients had DM for 1-8 years, and 24 % had DM for 9-16 years, and 6% of patients had DM for less than one year, and 6% of patients had DM for exceeding 17-25 years in addition the study found 64% had type 2 DM and 26% had type 1 DM . The study found that the kidney diameter had negative correlation with age which is agreed with other study finding.
The study showed that the ultrasonography as useful tool to measure renal volume and detecting renal changes in diabetic patients
