Late presentation of patients with end-stage renal disease for renal replacement therapy-is it always avoidable?

Background. Twenty-five to 30% of new renal replacement therapy (RRT) patients present late to renal services. The proportion in whom this is avoidable, and whether awareness of chronic kidney disease (CKD) has reduced its incidence is not known. Methods. Adult patients starting RRT (2003-2008) in a...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation dialysis, transplantation, 2011-11, Vol.26 (11), p.3646-3651
Hauptverfasser:	Udayaraj, Udaya P., Haynes, Richard, Winearls, Christopher G.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy Biological and medical sciences Comorbidity Emergency and intensive care: renal failure. Dialysis management Female Follow-Up Studies Glomerular Filtration Rate Humans Intensive care medicine Kidney Failure, Chronic - mortality Kidney Failure, Chronic - therapy Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Nephrology. Urinary tract diseases Nephropathies. Renovascular diseases. Renal failure Prognosis Quality of Health Care Referral and Consultation - standards Renal failure Renal Replacement Therapy - mortality Renal Replacement Therapy - standards Survival Rate Time Factors Young Adult
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Zusammenfassung:	Background. Twenty-five to 30% of new renal replacement therapy (RRT) patients present late to renal services. The proportion in whom this is avoidable, and whether awareness of chronic kidney disease (CKD) has reduced its incidence is not known. Methods. Adult patients starting RRT (2003-2008) in a single unit were grouped according to the time interval between first presentation to the unit and start of RRT:
ISSN:	0931-0509 1460-2385
DOI:	10.1093/ndt/gfr164