Current Renal Replacement Therapy in Korea: Insan Memorial Dialysis Registry 2015
General Info
Original or alternative title
Korean ESRD Registry Report 2016
Coverage type
Country
Time period covered
January, 1980 - December, 2015
Data type
Disease registry:
Subnationally representative
Summary
Current Renal Replacement Therapy in Korea is a yearly registry report that presents data on end stage renal disease (ESRD) in South Korea. The data are collected by the Korean Society of Nephrology (KSN) through the Insan Memorial Dialysis Registry, an online registry program where dialysis centers throughout the country can enter ESRD data.
For 2015, 87,014 patients received renal replacement therapy (RRT), based on the reporting of 846 RRT facilities, representing 67.1% of all RRT facilities in South Korea.
Additionally, data on the demographics, co-morbidity, causes of death, and survival rates of dialysis patients are provided.
Keywords
Acute glomerulonephritis, Blood pressure, Body mass index, COPD, Cancers, Cardiovascular and circulatory diseases, Catheters, Cholesterol, Chronic kidney diseases, Cirrhosis of the liver, Decubitus ulcer, Diabetes, Dialysis, Gastritis and duodenitis, Health facilities, Hemoglobin, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, Hospitals, Hypertension, Incidence, Ischemic heart disease, Lower respiratory infections, Malnutrition, Medical equipment, Mortality, Patient counts, Peptic ulcer disease, Prevalence, Private health facilities, Rehabilitation, Sepsis, Suicide, Survival, Transplants, Tuberculosis, Urinary diseases, Varicella
Citation
Contributors
Publisher
Publication year
2016
Suggested citation
Catholic University of Korea, Korean Society of Nephrology. Current Renal Replacement Therapy in Korea: Insan Memorial Dialysis Registry 2015. Seoul, Republic of Korea: Korean Society of Nephrology, 2016.