Brazilian Dialysis Survey 2020.
J Bras Nefrol
; 44(3): 349-357, 2022.
Article
in English, Portuguese
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2300842
ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION:
National data on chronic dialysis treatment are essential to support the development of health policies aimed at improving the treatment for thousands of people.OBJECTIVE:
To report epidemiological data from the 2020 Brazilian Dialysis Survey, sponsored by the Brazilian Society of Nephrology.METHODS:
A survey was carried out in Brazilian chronic dialysis centers using an online questionnaire for the year, covering clinical and epidemiological aspects of patients in a chronic dialysis program, data on dialysis therapy, characteristics of dialysis units and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.RESULTS:
235 (28%) of the centers responded to the questionnaire. In July 2020, the estimated total number of patients on dialysis was 144,779. The estimated prevalence and incidence rates of patients per million population (pmp) were 684 and 209, respectively. Of the prevalent patients, 92.6% were on hemodialysis (HD) and 7.4% were on peritoneal dialysis (PD); 23% were on the transplant waiting list. A central venous catheter was used by a quarter of patients on HD. The incidence rate of confirmed COVID-19 between February and July 2020 was 684/10,000 dialysis patients, and the lethality rate was 25.7%. The estimated overall mortality and COVID-19 crude annual mortality rates were 24.5 and 4.2%, respectively.CONCLUSION:
The absolute number of patients on chronic dialysis and prevalence rate continued to increase. The low use of PD as dialysis therapy was maintained and the use of long-term catheters for HD increased. The COVID-19 pandemic contributed to the increase in the overall mortality rate.
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
COVID-19
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Kidney Failure, Chronic
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Randomized controlled trials
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
South America
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Brazil
Language:
English
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Portuguese
Journal:
J Bras Nefrol
Journal subject:
Nephrology
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
2175-8239-JBN-2021-0198
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