2012
DOI: 10.5935/0101-2800.20120009
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Chronic dialysis in Brazil - report of the Brazilian Dialysis Census, 2011

Abstract: 65 anos, 28% eram diabéticos, e 35,5% (n=32.454) estavam em fila de espera para transplante. Para 2011, o número estimado de pacientes iniciando diálise foi 28.680 (18.972 em 2010) e a taxa anual de mortalidade 19,9% (17,9% para 2010). CONCLUSÕES: Os dados indicam aumento pronunciado da população em diálise no Brasil ao longo dos anos, com tendência a estabilização nos dois últimos anos. As razões para aumento da incidência e mortalidade em 2011 merecem investigação. É grande o número estimado de pacientes em … Show more

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“…Census data from the Brazilian Society of Nephrology reported 31.9% of patients receiving renal replacement therapy were greater than or equal to 65 years of age, with a higher incidence of men at 57.7%, whereas the present study presented a younger population with more women [15].…”
Section: Discussioncontrasting
confidence: 51%
“…Census data from the Brazilian Society of Nephrology reported 31.9% of patients receiving renal replacement therapy were greater than or equal to 65 years of age, with a higher incidence of men at 57.7%, whereas the present study presented a younger population with more women [15].…”
Section: Discussioncontrasting
confidence: 51%
“…Although our data accompanies the literature regarding the age, most of the reports show that in dialysis patients this condition is more common in men [2,10,11,13]. Furthermore, the predominance of female gender in our cases is, in some way, a surprise considering that the majority of the Brazilian haemodialysis population is male [19]. However, severe forms of secondary hyperparathyroidism requiring parathyroidectomy are reported to be more common in the female gender [20].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 60%
“…There is a growing prevalence of elderly in the hemodialysis population all-over the world 9,10,19 . In the Brazilian dialysis census of 2000, those with age 60 or more were 26 % 39 , while in 2011 there were 31.5 % with age 65 or more 40 . In CORDIAL, also in 2011, we found a rate of 34.9 %.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 98%