Publications by authors named "Sergio Marinovich"
Article Synopsis
- The Latin American Dialysis and Renal Transplant Registry (RLADTR) was established in 1991 to gather data on renal replacement therapy (RRT) across 20 Latin American countries, highlighting yearly trends and patient statistics in 2010.
- The study reported a significant increase in end-stage renal disease (ESRD) prevalence from 119 to 660 patients per million from 1991 to 2010, with hemodialysis being the most common treatment option.
- The findings showed positive correlations between RRT prevalence and both gross national income (GNI) and life expectancy, while diabetes remained the leading cause of ESRD, and cardiovascular issues were the primary cause of death among patients.
Background: A significant increase in the number of patients starting chronic hemodialysis (HD) with an estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR)≥10 mL/min/1.73 m(2) was observed in Argentina between 2004 and 2009.
Methods: In order to study this topic, we calculated the mortality hazard ratios (HR) in a cohort of incident HD individuals from the Argentine Registry of Chronic Dialysis [Registro Argentino de Diálisis Crónica] (2004-2009), grouped according to the initial eGFR (0-4.
In 2008, 563,294,000 people were living in Latin America (LA), of which 6.6% were older than 65. The region is going through a fast demographic and epidemiologic transition process, in the context of an improvement in socio-economic indices.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Poor socioeconomic status in the patient population is one of the causes of the lack of primary and secondary prevention of chronic kidney disease and negatively affects the survival of patients on chronic haemodialysis (HD).
Objective: To confirm whether the low or absent income of the incident population on HD is a factor of poor prognosis.
Methods: We used the incident HD population of the Argentine Registry of Chronic Dialysis.
Purpose: Although scoring comorbidities for patients beginning chronic hemodialysis has proved significant and has led researchers to develop several indexes, none of them has been extensively accepted. The aim of this study was to: 1) develop a prognostic index for patients entering renal replacement therapy; and 2) identify which one of the available scores better predicts one-year survival.
Methods: Records from 5,360 incident dialysis-requiring ESRD individuals were studied and a novel comorbidity index (NI) was developed.