Malaysia Dialysis and Transplant Registry Annual Report 2014
General Info
Coverage type
Country
Time period covered
January, 2000 - December, 2014
Series or system
Data type
Disease registry:
Nationally representative
Summary
The Malaysia Dialysis and Transplant Registry collects data regarding patients experiencing end-stage renal disease (ESRD) and undergoing renal replacement therapy, and produce annual reports. It is a multi-center, observational cohort study wherein participation is voluntary. At participating study sites, all new patients and existing patients diagnosed with ESRD and undergoing treatment are eligible to participate and are followed-up with for life.
As of 2014, there were 34,767 patients on dialysis in Malaysia including 7,055 new patients. The report also details changes in demographics of dialysis patients, treatments in addition to dialysis, and the mortality of patients.
Keywords
Anemia, Blood pressure, Blood transfusions, Body mass index, Cancers, Cardiovascular and circulatory diseases, Cholesterol, Chronic kidney diseases, Cirrhosis of the liver, Diabetes, Diagnosis, Dialysis, Hemoglobin, Incidence, Ischemic heart disease, Mortality, Prevalence, Sepsis, Survival, Transplants
Citation
Funders
Publisher
Publication year
2015
Suggested citation
Malaysian Society of Nephrology, Ministry of Health (Malaysia). Malaysia Dialysis and Transplant Registry Annual Report 2014. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: Malaysian Society of Nephrology, 2015.
Other ID type
ISSN
Other ID
1675-8862