Acute kidney injury and chronic kidney disease in Chile: Temporal trends in hospitalization rates from 2010 to 2019.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Kidney diseases pose considerable challenges to health systems affecting millions of people worldwide. In Latin America there are limited epidemiological studies on these conditions.

Objective

This study aimed to describe the national age-adjusted hospitalization trends for acute kidney injury (AKI) and chronic kidney disease (CKD) in the Chilean population.

Methods

We conducted a retrospective study using a secondary data from hospitalized cases diagnosed with AKI and CKD in Chile, from 2010 to 2019. Age-adjusted hospitalization rates and JoinPoint regression analysis were performed.

Results

Between 2010 and 2019, 26,715 hospitalizations of patients diagnosed with AKI and 99,816 patients with CKD were recorded. Nationally, long-term trends in age-ad

SUBMITTER: Celis L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12697955 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature