Profile of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) patients presenting in a tertiary care center in north India
Journal: International Archives of Integrated Medicine (IAIM) (Vol.5, No. 8)Publication Date: 2018-08-17
Authors : Rahul Sudan Mehroz Ahmed Imtiyaz Ahmed Wani Muzaffar Maqsood Wani Khurshid Ahmed Banday Gunjan Gupta;
Page : 72-80
Keywords : Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD); Renal Replacement Therapy (RRT); End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD); Hemodialysis; Renal Transplantation.;
Abstract
Background: Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is one of the most common causes of morbidity and mortality due to renal causes. There are multiple causes of CKD with diabetes, hypertension and chronic glomerulonephritis among the most common causes. All of these causes gradually lead to the final common pathway of End stage renal disease (ESRD). Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is defined as Kidney damage for ≥3 months, as defined by structural or functional abnormalities of the kidney, with or without decreased GFR or GFR <60 mL/min/1.73m2 for ≥3 months, with or without kidney damage. Aim: To study the profile of Chronic Kidney disease (CKD) patients presenting in a tertiary care center. Materials and methods: This study was conducted at Sher I Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS), a tertiary care center in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India, from July 2013 to January 2016. All the patients of CKD visiting our institute were enrolled in this study. This included patients on follow up at the Out Patient Department (OPD), patients presenting to emergency with complications of CKD, patients referred from other departments who were detected in initial stages of CKD during the routine investigations. A total of 300 patients were enrolled in this study. Results: In our study, a total of 300 patients were enrolled. CKD was more common in males. The most common aetiology of CKD was diabetic nephropathy which was seen in 102 patients (34%) followed by chronic glomerulonephritis seen in 80 patients (27%). Volume overload was the most common cause of morbidity in these patients. Patients in the initial stages of CKD were managed with symptomatic treatment and 230 patients (76.66%) received peritoneal dialysis at some stage of their management. It was in the stage of ESRD that patients were offered some definitive form of renal replacement therapy in the form of renal transplantation or hemodialysis. Out of 160 patients of ESRD, only 12 patients (7.5%) received renal transplantation and the remaining 148 patients (92.5%) were managed with hemodialysis. Conclusion: CKD is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality due to renal causes. The early stages of CKD which are managed by conservative methods gradually lead to the development of ESRD. It is therefore necessary to diagnose the patients of CKD in the early asymptomatic stages. At these stages it is feasible to slow down the loss of nephrons by controlling the underlying factors like diabetes and hypertension but once the stage of ESRD sets in, renal transplantation is the preferred modality of renal replacement therapy.
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