Safety and Adequacy of Kidney Biopsy Procedure in Patients with Obesity

Kidney360. 2023 Jan 1;4(1):98-101. doi: 10.34067/KID.0006602022.

Abstract

  1. Patients with obesity did not have any larger hematocrit drop after kidney biopsy compared with those without obesity.

  2. Patients with obesity had fewer glomeruli sampled from kidney biopsy compared with those without obesity.

  3. For patients with obesity, kidney biopsy is a safe procedure but may have lower diagnostic adequacy.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Biopsy / adverse effects
  • Humans
  • Kidney Transplantation*
  • Kidney* / pathology
  • Nephrectomy
  • Obesity / pathology