Unmet needs for CKD care: from the general population to the CKD clinics-how many patients are we missing?

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) varies around the world. Little is known about the discrepancy between the general population's needs and nephrology care offered. We aimed to contribute to filling this gap and propose a means to infer the number of patients needing follow-up.

Methods

All patients undergoing at least one nephrology consultation in 2019 were enrolled. We used the ratio between CKD Stages 3 and 4 reported in the literature, and considered that only 25-50% of CKD Stage 3 patients have progressive CKD, to hypothesize different scenarios to estimate the number of CKD Stage 3 patients still needing nephrology follow-up.

Results

The 1992 CKD patients were followed-up in our centre (56.93% males; age 66.71 ± 18.32 years; 16.82% Stage 1;

SUBMITTER: Torreggiani M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8598117 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature