الفهرس 
Chronic Kidney Disease and End Stage Renal Disease
Uremic syndromeOnly 14 pages are availabe for public view
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Abstract
Chronic kidney disease is an increasing global burden regarding social, epidemiological and economic aspects. The burden is greater with the developing counties because of limited resources and poverty. In Egypt the problem is increasing and it represents one of the major health problems which interfere with the quality of life of patients and the economic development of the country. One of the first steps of prevention of CKD and hence of ESRD is identification of the causes of this problem. Our study is an epidemiological study which carried out through questionnaire which had to be filled by me and physicians responsible for dialysis units in Al Garbihya governorate. Aiming to find out the causes of ESRD in Al Garbihya governorate our study shows that prevalence of ESRD among males and females (60.7% vs 39.3%). The mean age in our study is 52.27±12.91 years. Most of the patients came from rural areas than that from urban areas (61.9%vs39.1). All of patients were under heamdialysis 3 times per week we found that the most common cause of ESRD was hypertension which accounted for 31.8% of all causes, the 2nd most common cause was found to be diabetic nephropathy 22.9%of causes ESRD in Al Gharbihya governorate. Unknown cause of ESRD came in the 3rd position accounting for 11.9%. In our research work chronic pyelonephritis is to be the cause of 6.6%.