Abstract

SILVEIRA DIAZ, Fidel et al. Prevalence of chronic kidney failure in Camagüey. AMC [online]. 2016, vol.20, n.4, pp. 403-412. ISSN 1025-0255.

Background: the aging of the population worldwide brings about an increase in the chronic diseases that are not communicable. Among them, chronic kidney disease is classified as an epidemic. Objective: to determine the prevalence of chronic kidney disease in Camagüey province. Methods: through a probabilistic sample, a cross-sectional, descriptive study was conducted in 175 patients diagnosed with chronic kidney disease, at Nephrology service in Manuel Ascunce Domenech hospital in Camagüey, from January 2012 to December 2014. Data related to the variables of interest were taken from medical records. Classification of chronic kidney disease was carried out through latest glomerular filtration rate, according to Cockcroft-Gault. Results: a higher number of patients between 61 and 70 years of age was found. Most of them were males with vascular, diabetic, and obstructive nephropathies, chronic kidney disease in IV and V stages. The global prevalence is 25 per 100 000 inhabitants in the province. Conclusions: male elderly patients prevailed, as well as last stages of chronic kidney disease, where the causes came from diabetic and vascular nephropathies.

Keywords : RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHIES; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES.

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