ICPHSP2009

                                                                                                         

      “Epidemiology of Chronic Kidney Disease in the District of Vlora”                                                                                                                  Click here to download Pdf file.      

 

 

Author:       

 

Dr.PhD.Fejzi Alushi

               

Affiliations:  

Faculty of Public Health,University of Vlore"Ismail Qemali"

 

Abstract:

Introduction: CKD it is a pathology that in recent years it appears as the clinical entity with global exponential growth and now it is considered as one of the major problems of medicine. Recent epidemiological data have become so alarming that most authors speak that she is taking the features of a "real social emergency".

 

Purpose: To study the epidemiology of CKD cases in the district of Vlora, estimate their incidence and prevalence and assessment of risk factors for uremia.

 

Method: Retrospective study with a homogeneous cohort. Data were collected from clinical records and records of visits of all patients of Vlora district during the period 200-2010.

 

Results: A total of 310 patients were treated with CKD 14 (46%) males and 88 (54%) females (p = 0.1). The average age is 52.5 years. Chronic pyelonephritis is the major cause of illness in 188 (61%) patients.

 

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Key words:

CKD, dialysis, uremia