EPIDEMIOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS ON PATIENTS UNDERGOING RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY IN ROMANIA
Abstract:
In the case of chronic renal failure, the three main methods of renal function replacement therapy - haemodialysis (and related methods), peritoneal dialysis (various methods) and kidney transplantation are used, both as mutual complements and in an integrated manner in such a way that, based on each specific indications and contraindications, as well as on their advantages and disadvantages, treatment extent relies on longest expectable results. Since 1996, the total number of patients having received treatment at the end of each year (prevalent patients) has increased steadily, amounting to 10 470 in 2012. Most prevalent patients on haemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis originate in the North-East, the area average being of 602.8 people per million population (pmp), whereas the lowest average patients number of prevalent patients per thousand population is specific to the Bucharest area, amounting to 351.1 pmp. The national average is 533.8 pmp. Of the total number of prevalent patients, 1.3% has received kidney transplant in Romania. Most often, the primary disease triggering renal transplant is unknown.
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