Renal Replacement Therapy in Slovenia: Excerpts From 2013 Data

This report provides a summary of the 2013 Slovenian renal replacement therapy (RRT) data, obtained from 24 renal centers: 23 dialysis and one transplant center, referring from 31 December 2013, with 100% response rate to individual patient questionnaires. Slovenia had a population of 2 061 085 on 1 January 2014. The total number of patients treated by RRT was 2077, i.e. 1008.3 per million of population (pmp); 1349 (65%) were treated by hemodialysis, 52 (2.5%) by peritoneal dialysis, and 676 (32.5%) had a functioning kidney graft. A total of 260 incident patients, 126.2 pmp (at day one), started RRT, their median age was 69 years, 59.8% were men,. 58.5% of hemodialysis patients were treated with on‐line hemodiafiltration. Vascular access was arteriovenous fistula in 79%, polytetrafluoroethylene graft in 8%, and catheter in 13% of patients, mean blood flow 276 ± 41 mL/min, 5.5% dialyzed in a single‐needle mode. The crude death rate was 11.4% in all RRT patients (incident patients day 1 included, 15.9% in hemodialysis, 12.3% in peritoneal dialysis, 2.1% in transplant recipients). 60 kidney transplantations were performed in 2013, from deceased donors.

Source: Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis - June 15, 2016 Category: Hematology Authors: Jadranka Buturović‐Ponikvar, Jakob Gubenšek, Miha Arnol, Tone Adamlje, Zlata Ceglar, Gabriela Damevska, Mateja Globokar, Senka Černe, Andrej Čufer, Andrej Drozg, Robert Ekart, Bojan Knap, Aljoša Kandus, Sonja Kapun, Simona Kralj‐Lopert, Dimitrij Tags: Original Article Source Type: research