Doppler ultrasound finds increase in renal blood flow in children with diabetes

April 7, 2008 Doppler ultrasound finds increase in renal blood flow in children with diabetes Wendy Despain -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Doppler ultrasound shows that diabetic nephropathy may affect the kidneys of pediatric diabetes patients long before clinical indications become evident. Diabetes-related microvascular complications rarely reach clinical stages in childhood, but researchers investigated whether Doppler ultrasound could identify differences in the renal blood flow of children with diabetes compared with normal controls. Dr. Piernicola Pelliccia and colleagues at the University of Chieti, General Hospital in Chieti, Italy, published their study in the Journal of Clinical Ultrasound, which made it available online March 24. They studied 42 children between the ages of six and 18, all with diabetes, and compared the results with those of 41 age-matched healthy children.

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