Renal ultrasound indices in Jos

Abstract

This work was aimed at establishing ultrasonographic renal parameters that could serve as ready references for the sonographer. It was a prospective study carried out at the Jos University Teaching Hospital from January 1^st 2003 to December 31^st 2003. One hundred randomly selected patients who met the inclusion criteria were scanned. There were 61 and 39 males and females respectively (male: Female ratio of 1.6:1), with an age range of 1085yrs. The kidneys had a mean bipolar length of 10.0 ± 1.0cm, width of 4.2 ± 0.6, anteroposterior diameter of 2.8 ± 0.8cm and mean cortical thickness of 1.4 ± 0.4 No statistically significant difference in renal dimensions was found between the right and left kidneys (p>0.2), between the sexes (p>0.8) and no difference amongst the agegroups studied (p>0.7). Importantly too, the renal dimensions in Jos fall within quoted international reference values with declining renal dimensions from the age of 60years.

Keywords: renal, ultrasound, size

Highland Medical Research Journal Vol. 3(2) 2005: 116-120