Chronic Kidney Disease in Libya, Cross-sectional Single Center Study

Habas, Elmukhtar M; Elamouri, Jamila; Rayani, Amnna

doi:10.4172/2161-1165.1000264

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“…Our result reveals that CGN is at the top of the known causes of ESRD in transplant recipients with 15%, this was in-line with a previous study by Habas et al, 16 who demonstrated that CGN is the first cause of CKD in the studied Libyan patients. In addition, Alashek et al 10 found that CGN in those less than 50 years of age was the most common cause (32.6%).…”

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“…17 However, this is unlike the case in many developed countries where the mean age of ESRD patients is generally over 60 years, 20 and the median age of the transplant recipients was 48 years. 21 Our result reveals that CGN is at the top of the known causes of ESRD in transplant recipients with 15%, this was inline with a previous study by Habas et al, 16 who demonstrated that CGN is the first cause of CKD in the studied Libyan patients. In addition, Alashek et al 10 found that CGN in those less than 50 years of age was the most common cause (32.6%).…”

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confidence: 91%

“…10,15 Most recipients were males (68%) in the present study, which is going with their predominance in the prevalent dialysis population (58%) in our country, as reported by Alashek et al 10 . However, Habas et al 16 reported that CKD is slightly more common in females.…”

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Causes of Original Kidney Disease among Libyan Kidney Transplant Recipients

Elamouri,

Algeblawi

2023

Ibnosina Journal of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences

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Introduction End-stage renal disease (ESRD) has become a significant problem in the North African region. There are few references about the primary causes of ESRD in kidney transplant (KT) recipients. The aim of this study was to determine the causes of the original kidney disease in KT recipients in Tripoli Central Hospital, Tripoli, Libya. Methods This is a hospital-based, retrospective descriptive study. It includes all KT recipients who were followed up in the outpatient clinic, at the Libyan National General Authority for Organ, Tissue, and Cell Transplantation and nephrology clinic in Tripoli Central Hospital during 2021, Tripoli, Libya. Results Data on 360 KT recipients were retrieved. Sixty-eight percent of the of the patients were males: 31.1% of all enrolled individuals were between 31 and 40 years. Patient mean age was 36.66 ± 11.86 years. The most common validated cause for ESRD was unknown (55.3%), followed by chronic glomerulonephritis (CGN; 15%), diabetes mellitus and systemic hypertension each equally (10.3%), congenital abnormalities (3.6%), polycystic kidney disease (3.3%), and nephrolithiasis (1.9%). Conclusion Original cause of kidney disease in most recipients was undetermined, possibly due to limited diagnostic tools or delayed presentation. However, CGN is a main known cause.

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confidence: 93%