Open AccessThe reality of patients in hemodialysis before COVID-19 pandemic
Author(s) -
Mónica Vásquez Bambaren,
Víctor Soto-Cáceres,
Víctor Serna-Alarcón
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
revista de la facultad de medicina humana
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2308-0531
pISSN - 1814-5469
DOI - 10.25176/rfmh.v21i4.4084
Subject(s) - hemodialysis , medicine , dialysis , pandemic , kidney disease , covid-19 , intensive care medicine , kidney transplantation , transplantation , latin americans , disease , political science , infectious disease (medical specialty) , law
In a pilot test carried out in the department of Lambayeque (Peru) about the profile of patients who entered hemodialysis for the first time with grade five chronic kidney disease (CKD 5), evidence was found different from other Latin American. The treatment modality for CKD 5 patients increased through hemodialysis according to the Latin American Registry of Dialysis and Kidney Transplantation from 2000 to 2008. In Peru, 84.75% of patients are registered with this form of treatment still in force in our country and others.