Erectile dysfunction in patients with chronic renal failure
Int. braz. j. urol
; 33(5): 673-678, Sept.-Oct. 2007. tab, graf
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
Determine the prevalence of erectile dysfunction in patients undergoing hemodialysis MATERIALS ANDMETHODS:
This cross-sectional study was carried out to determine the prevalence of erectile dysfunction in a population of 58 patients in hemodialysis program. Erectile dysfunction was assessed by using the International Index of Erectile Function (IIEF). Information on demographic data, renal failure, comorbidities, laboratory tests and search for medical treatment for erectile dysfunction by means of interviews and researches in medical charts was obtained. Student t test was utilized to compare the laboratory results between group of patients with and without erectile dysfunction. The chi-square test was utilized to compare the comorbidities and the characteristics of the population studied between the groups of patients with and without erectile dysfunction. The significance level considered was 5 percentRESULTS:
Mean patient age was 50.2 ± 14.6 years and the time of hemodialysis was 30.4 ± 28.4 months. The prevalence of erectile dysfunction was 60.3 percent. A progressive increase respecting the age was reported. In patients younger than 50 years, this prevalence reached 31.4 percent and in patients older than 50 years, this prevalence reached 68.6 percent. With respect to the comorbidities, hypertensive patients prevailed with 94.8 percent of the total, whilst diabetic patients represented 24.9 percent. However only the association between diabetes and erectile dysfunction was significant. Patients with erectile dysfunction presented significantly lower values for serum creatinine and Kt/V. There was no variation between the groups with reference to calcium, potassium, phosphorus, hematocrit, hemoglobin, pre- and post-dialysis urea values. There was no correlation between erectile dysfunction and time of dialysis. Amongst patients with erectile dysfunction, 8.6 percent sought medical careCONCLUSIONS:
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
LILACS
Assunto principal:
Diálise Renal
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Disfunção Erétil
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Falência Renal Crônica
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Aged
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Humans
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Brasil
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Int. braz. j. urol
Assunto da revista:
UROLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2007
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Brasil
País de publicação:
Brasil