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DIAZ ARMAS, María Teresa; GOMEZ LEYVA, Berlis; ROBALINO VALDIVIESO, María Paulina  e  LUCERO PROANO, Silvia Aracely. Epidemiological behavior on patients with terminal chronic kidney disease from Ecuador. ccm [online]. 2018, vol.22, n.2, pp.312-324. ISSN 1560-4381.

Introduction: how chronic kidney disease has become a public health problem in Ecuador. Objective: to describe the epidemiological behavior of terminal chronic kidney disease in patients treated in an Ecuadorian medical clinic. Method: a descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out in 84 patients with terminal chronic kidney disease undergoing hemodialysis treatment, at the DIALVIDA Ambato clinic, from October 2016 to April 2017. The variables included age of appearance, educational level, economic income, smoking habit and nutritional status according to the index of corporal mass, which are the main causes of this disease. Results: average age was 52 years old. On males prevailed 53 patients a 63.1%; 31 female patients presented 36.9%. The most affected age groups were, with 44 patients over 60 years old, 52.4% and with 27 patients from 40 to 59 years old, 32.1%. The primary level was 31 patients with 36.9%, followed by the secondary level with 28 patients, with 33.3%. Patients without instruction presented 16.6%. A predominance of patients with economic income lower than the unified salary, was observed with 51 patients for 60.7%. Normal-weight patients with 43 for 51.2%, followed by overweight patients with 21 for 25%. Smoking habit was found in 40 patients, showing 47.6%. There was a predominance of 26 patients with diabetes mellitus for 30.9%, followed by 20 patients with hypertension to 23.8%. With 38 patients, predominance in the age of onset of the disease was observed, in those over 60 years of age to 45.2%, followed by ages 40-59 with 30 patients (35.7%). Conclusions: terminal chronic kidney disease is a health problem in the studied population. It usually appears in old normopes males, non-smokers, and with low level of education. Two leading causes of terminal chronic kidney disease were diabetes mellitus and arterial hypertension.

Palavras-chave : chronic renal failure; chronic renal disease; renal dialysis; hemodialysis; renal diseases.

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