Open AccessTO STUDY THE ETIOLOGICAL PROFILE IN CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE PATIENTS
Author(s) -
Sukh Dev Choudhary,
Manoj Lakhotia,
Himanshi Choudhary,
Ronak Gandhi
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
international journal of medical and biomedical studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2589-8698
pISSN - 2589-868X
DOI - 10.32553/ijmbs.v3i6.318
Subject(s) - medicine , kidney disease , etiology , renal function , diabetes mellitus , diabetic nephropathy , hemodialysis , observational study , disease , nephropathy , kidney , endocrinology
Background: Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is determined by the presence of kidney injury and by the level of renal function, assessed according to the glomerular filtration rate.
Methods: This observational case study will be conducted among patients of newly diagnosedor known cases of chronic kidney disease admitted or attending outdoor clinic at Mahatma Gandhi Hospital Jodhpur.
Results: Twenty three patients out of 75 were diabetic, 19 patients had chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology and 12 had both DM and HTN, only one patient had CKD because of RCC.
Conclusion: Most common etiologies of CKD patients on hemodialysis are Diabetic nephropathy.
Keywords: Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD), Hypertension, Diabetes.