Characterization of Diabetic Nephropathy Using Ultrasonography

Abstract

In fact diabetes is most common cause of kidney failure. The purpose of study is characterized of diabetic patient kidney using ultrasound. This study was been done in U/S department at soba university hospital from march (2016) to august (2016). The study was done for 37 diabetic patients (13 of them have type I and 24 type II) for more than 5 year`s their ages over 30 years. In this study ultrasound was performed for all patients by measuring the size of kidney and evaluated the echogenicity of the right kidney compared with the liver, while the echogenicity of the left kidney was compared with spleen and corticomedullary ratio was measured also. The ultrasound scan done by using transabdominal curve linear probe 3.5 MHz. The study conclude that there was decreasing in both kidneys volume (116 cm3 _125cm3) and increasing in C/M ratio and no significant different in echogenicity when comparing with previous study.