High EDSS can predict risk for upper urinary tract damage in patients with multiple sclerosis.
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS JOURNAL(2018)
摘要
Background: Neurogenic lower urinary tract dysfunction (NLUTD) is very common in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), and it might jeopardize renal function and thereby increase mortality. Although there are well-known urodynamic risk factors for upper urinary tract damage, no clinical prediction parameters are available. Objective: We aimed to assess clinical parameters potentially predicting urodynamic risk factors for upper urinary tract damage. Methods: A consecutive series of 141 patients with MS referred from neurologists for primary neuro-urological work-up including urodynamics were prospectively evaluated. Clinical parameters taken into account were age, sex, duration, and clinical course of MS and Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS). Results: Multivariate modeling revealed EDSS as a clinical parameter significantly associated with urodynamic risk factors for upper urinary tract damage (odds ratio = 1.34, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.06-1.71, p = 0.02). Using receiver operator characteristic (ROC) curves, an EDSS of 5.0 as cutoff showed a sensitivity of 86%-87% and a specificity of 52% for at least one urodynamic risk factor for upper urinary tract damage. Conclusion: High EDSS is significantly associated with urodynamic risk factors for upper urinary tract damage and allows a risk-dependent stratification in daily neurological clinical practice to identify MS patients requiring further neuro-urological assessment and treatment.
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Multiple sclerosis (MS),Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS),prospective study,neuro-urology,neurogenic lower urinary tract dysfunction (NLUTD),overactive bladder,detrusor sphincter dyssynergia (DSD),vesico-uretero-renal reflux
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