Methods: All patients (5606) with at least one serum creatinine ≥130μmol/L in females and ≥150μmol/L (Index creatinine) in males during a 6 month period in 2003 were grouped according to whether they had Acute Kidney Injury (AKI), Acute on chronic renal failure (ACRF) and chronic kidney disease (CKD). 1903 patients could not be classified. After using all available creatinine data and identifying markers of kidney damage a further group of patients with CKD were identified. Case records were examined for the presence of co-morbidity, date of death, cause of death and whether they were known to a renal physician. Results: 1225 patients were identified as having CKD out of the 1903 “Unclassified” cohort (65%). The majority of CKD patients were elderly females with Stage 3 CKD. Hypertension and ischaemic heart disease were the two most common co-morbid conditions. Only 12% of CKD patients were referred to a nephrologists. 43% of CKD patients were dead at follow-up mostly from cardiovascular causes (31<sup>st</sup> December 2005). The presence of proteinuria was independently associated with death. The age adjusted standardised prevalence of CKD, excluding those on RRT, was 20929 per million adult population. 3.6% went on to start RRT by the end of follow-up. Conclusions: CKD is predominantly a condition of elderly females, associated with considerable morbidity and mortality. However the majority of patients die from cardiovascular disease before progressing to ESRD. Therefore these patients may be appropriately managed in primary care without the need for specialist renal input allowing targeting of the specialist renal resources to the fewer patients who require them.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:bl.uk/oai:ethos.bl.uk:509144 |
| Date | January 2009 |
| Creators | Clark, Laura Elizabeth |
| Publisher | University of Aberdeen |
| Source Sets | Ethos UK |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Source | http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=33407 |
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