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ArticleTherapeutic advances in urology

Increased urinary markers of kidney damage in the institutionalized frail elderly due to recurrent urinary tract infections.

María-Fernanda Lorenzo-Gómez, María-Carmen Flores-Fraile, Magaly Márquez-Sánchez, Javier Flores-Fraile, Ignacio González-Casado, Bárbara Padilla-Fernández, Sebastián Valverde-Martínez, Teresa Hernández Sánchez, Carlos Muller-Arteaga, María-Begoña García-Cenador

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María-Fernanda Lorenzo-GómezDepartment of Surgery, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain Multidisciplinary Renal Research Group) of the Institute for Biomedical Research of Salamanca (IBSAL), Spain Urology Service of the University Hospital of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain.
María-Carmen Flores-FraileDepartment of Surgery, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain.
Magaly Márquez-SánchezMultidisciplinary Renal Research Group) of the Institute for Biomedical Research of Salamanca (IBSAL), Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1046-0118
Javier Flores-FraileDepartment of Surgery, University of Salamanca, Alfonso X el sabio Campus Miguel de Unamuno, Salamanca, 37008, Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1338-0551
Ignacio González-CasadoMultidisciplinary Renal Research Group) of the Institute for Biomedical Research of Salamanca (IBSAL), Spain.
Bárbara Padilla-FernándezDepartment of Surgery, Section of Urology, University La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain.
Sebastián Valverde-MartínezDepartment of Surgery, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain Multidisciplinary Renal Research Group) of the Institute for Biomedical Research of Salamanca (IBSAL), Spain Department of Urology of University Hospital of Avila, Spain.
Teresa Hernández SánchezUrology Service of the University Hospital of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain.
Carlos Muller-ArteagaDepartment of Urology of University Hospital of Ourense, Spain.
María-Begoña García-CenadorDepartment of Surgery, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain.
Universidad de Salamanca · ESInstituto de Investigación Biomédica de Salamanca · ESComplejo Hospitalario de Ourense · ESUniversidad de La Laguna · ES

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Abstract

objectiveTo characterize the impact on kidney injury of recurrent urinary tract infections (RUTI) in the frail elderly.

methodsProspective observational study in 200 frail elderly subjects for 1 year. Groups: GA (

resultsMean age was 84.33 (65-99) years old, with no difference between GA and GB. Mean NGAL-1 was 1.29 ng/ml (0.04-8). There was lower in GA than in GB. Mean NGAL-2 was 1.41 ng/ml (0.02-9.22). NGAL-2 was lower in GA than in GB. Mean NAG-1 was 0.38 UU.II/ml (0.01-2.63. NAG-1 in GA was lower than in GB. Mean NAG-2 was 0.44 UU.II/ml (0-3.41). NAG-2 was lower in GA compared with GB. Mean TGFβ-1 was 23.43 pg/ml (0.02-103.76). TGFβ-1 was lower in GA than GB. There were no differences in the presence of secondary diagnoses between GA and GB. NAG-2 and NGAL-1 were the most determining factors of renal function; in GA it was NGAL-2, followed by NAG-1; in GB it was NGAL-1, followed by NAG-2.

conclusionFrail elderly with RUTI have higher urinary levels of renal injury markers, specifically NGAL, NAG, and TGFβ-1, chronically in periods between urinary tract infection (UTI). Urinary markers of renal injury, specifically NGAL, NAG, and TGFβ-1, identify early deterioration of renal function, compared with serum creatinine, or albuminuria, in frail elderly with recurrent urinary infections.

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elderlyglomerular filtrationNAGNGALRUTITFG-beta 1

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