Chronic kidney disease (Stage I-IV)
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: The CKD patient who visiting our outpatient unit of nephrology will have been administrated and agreed to examine brain MRI and brain blood flow scintigraphy from December, 2015 to December, 2018
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: The past history of the stroke or person with the paralysis (aftereffects) Patient in acknowledgment of old infarction or cerebral hemorrhage that was clear by a brain MRI images. The patient who cannot do the examination of cognitive function by visual impairment, a hearing loss or mental instability Patient who cannot secure of intravenous line on the right arms (after operation of breast cancer) Patient with thyroid disease The patient who takes a sleep agent, regularly iodoallergy The patient who have an MRI taboo (e.g. the pacemaker insertion, claustrophobia), a study person will judge to be inappropriate as a study subject
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Evaluation of the cerebrum, the hippocampal atrophy ratio by VSRAD Evaluation of the brain blood flow by the SPECT (123I-IMP) | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| An inspection about the item and anamnesis, relations with drugs to reflect an arteriosclerosis-related parameters Difference in brain blood flow, brain atrophy in each CKD stage | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Shonan Kamakura General Hospital Department of Nephrology, Immunology, and Vascular Medicine