ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION: In BiH there are no summary data about chronic dialysis patients (CDP). With this study we tray to make first step to establish B&H system for collecting necessary data. METHODS: This is a retrospective study for 1999 years. We collect data with question form which have been distributed to dialysis centers (DC) in BiH. RESULTS: We got answer from 6 (37.5%) DC: Tuzla, Sarajevo, Bihac, Odzak, Travnik and Tesanj. Totally number of CDP was 533, 256 female (48%) and 277 male (52%), and 79% of them are between 26-65 yrs. Leading primary renal diseases were: glomerulonephritis 22%, pyelonephritis 16%, endemic nephropathy 11%, unknown ESRD 10%, polycystic renal disease 9% and diabetes 9%. Peritoneal dialysis have ben performed in 10 patients only, and bicarbonat HD in 46% of CDP. Half of the patients had serum haemoglobin lower than 7 mmol/1 and only 12% received erythropoietin. 17% of the patients had coronary disease, and 7% peripheral vascular disease. We registered 43 (8%) HBsAg, but 294 (55%) antiHCV positive patients. 52% of the CDP have been vaccinated against B hepatitis. Last year died 76 patients (14.26%), mostly caused by coronary diseases (21%), cardial failure (20%), cerebrovascular accidents (15%) and sepsis (11%). 53% of patients are on dialysis between 1-5 yrs. CONCLUSION: In this study participated 6 DC only, but we think that data we collect are good basis for establishing B&H system for registration and follow-up of the ESRD patients.
