Authors: Ľ. Podracká 1; L. Kovács 2; Pracovná Skupina Detských Nefrológov * Authors‘ workplace: Klinika detí a dorastu Lekárskej fakulty Univerzity Pavla J. Šafárika, Košice1 prednostka prof. MUDr. Ľ. Podracká, CSc. 2. detská klinika Lekárskej fakulty Univerzity Komenského a DFNsP, Bratislava2 prednosta prof. MUDr. L. Kovács, DrSc., MPH. Published in: Čes-slov Pediat 2004; (7): 331-336. Category:
At the present time there is no available data on prevalence and incidence of chronic renal insufficiency (CHRI)in children in Slovakia. The last and the only study so far was that performed in 1975. In the present paper theauthors analyze the results of epidemiological investigation of the occurrence of CHRI in children in Slovakia in2002, which were the basis for the foundation of National Registry.The occurrence of CHRI in Slovakia in children up to 18 years of age is 18.2/1 million children. The prevalencein children up to 18 years, treated with active therapy substituting the function of the kidneys (dialysis andtransplantation) in 7.4/1 million population and 29.3/1 million children. CHRI is most frequently caused bycongenital anomalies of the kidneys and urinary tract (36%), tubulointerstitial nephritis constituted 17.1% andchronic glomerulonephritis only 10.47%, the number being significantly less than in 1977 (36%, p
Key words: chronic renal insufficiency, prevalence, epidemiology, dialysis, transplantation
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