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ABSTRACT: Objectives
We aim to evaluate the safety of performing percutaneous native kidney biopsy (PKB) as an outpatient procedure (implying an observation period of 6?hours) compared with the traditional inpatient policy.Design, setting, participants and measurements
Group I, in whom PKB was performed in the outpatient department (2012-2016) and followed by 6?hours' observation period and then by regular outpatient visits and group II, in whom PKB was performed and followed by at least 1?day hospital admission. Group II included retrospectively retrieved patients who underwent PKB in our Institution between January 2000 and November 2012 as an inpatient procedure. All biopsies were performed by a single nephrologist following a structured protocol.Results
462 biopsies were reviewed, 210 (45.5%) of patients were women and the mean age was 54.7±17.9 years. One hundred and twenty-nine (27.9%) of these biopsies were performed in outpatients. A total of 36 (7.8%) of patients developed a complication, and of those, 9 (1.9%) suffered for a major complication (arteriovenous fistula (six cases, 1.2%), ischaemic stroke (2; 0.4%), thromboembolic pulmonary embolism (1; 0.2%)) and 27 (5.8%) for minor(macroscopic haematuria (12 cases, 2.6%), haematomas on sonography not requiring intervention (15 cases, 3.2%)). When comparing the complication rate between groups I and II, no statical difference was observed. When analysing together both groups, after multivariate analysis, serum creatinine >3?mg/dL (OR 2.03, 95%?CI 1.18 to 6.81) and known severe hypertension (OR 2.01, 95%?CI 1.2 to 4.7) were found to be independent risk factors for minor and major complications, respectively. Conversely, we found no association of risk with the number of biopsy passes, gender, age, diagnosis, presence of haematuria before the kidney biopsy nor the degree of proteinuria.Conclusions
Outpatient biopsy could be a valuable, safe and perhaps cost-effective method of obtaining diagnostic renal tissue in the majority of patients.
SUBMITTER: Roccatello D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5734246 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Roccatello Dario D Sciascia Savino S Rossi Daniela D Naretto Carla C Bazzan Mario M Solfietti Laura L Baldovino Simone S Menegatti Elisa E
BMJ open 20170621 6
<h4>Objectives</h4>We aim to evaluate the safety of performing percutaneous native kidney biopsy (PKB) as an outpatient procedure (implying an observation period of 6 hours) compared with the traditional inpatient policy.<h4>Design, setting, participants and measurements</h4>Group I, in whom PKB was performed in the outpatient department (2012-2016) and followed by 6 hours' observation period and then by regular outpatient visits and group II, in whom PKB was performed and followed by at least 1 ...[more]