Open AccessCHRONIC RENAL FAILUR
Author(s) -
Muhammad Anwar Sulehri,
Niaz Muhammad Sheikh
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
the professional medical journal/the professional medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2071-7733
pISSN - 1024-8919
DOI - 10.29309/tpmj/2009.16.04.2736
Subject(s) - medicine , diabetes mellitus , chronic renal failure , endocrinology , gastroenterology
Objective: To find the effect of diabetes mellitus on the development of Chronic renal failure (CRF). S t u d y D e s i g n : DescriptiveCross-sectional study S e t t i n g : Allied Hospital, Faisalabad. P e r i o d : From May 2008 to June 2008. Materials & M e t h o d s : Forty-Five patientsof CRF were selected for study by convenient method technique from admitted patients in dialysis unit of Allied Hospital Faisalabad. R e s u l t s :In our study, out of 45 patients of CRF, 25 (55.6%) were found to be diabetic. The effect of diabetes on the development CRF was highest inage group of 71-85 years that was 100%. In this study diabetes mellitus was found to be more prevalent among married CRF patients (62%)as compared to unmarried patients among whom it was (17%). Among the male CRF patients 54% were diabetic, while among the female CRFpatients 57% were diabetic. C o n c l u s i o n : Percentage of CRF patients having diabetes mellitus was 55.6%. From the above results it isconcluded that effect of diabetes mellitus on the development of CRF increases with age. Diabetes mellitus was found to be more prevalentamong female CRF patients and also among the married CRF patients. The development of Chronic renal failure can be prevented by earlydiagnosis and treatment of diabetes mellitus.