Retrospective Evaluation of a Large Nephrology Out-Patient Cohort

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  • Waqar Ahmad Sheikh Zayed Hospital, Lahore

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https://doi.org/10.53778/pjkd91294

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Chronic kidney disease##common.commaListSeparator## diabetes mellitus##common.commaListSeparator## hypertension##common.commaListSeparator## dialysis##common.commaListSeparator## global burden of disease

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Background: chronic kidney disease remains a concern for both patients and health care providers due to its associated cost and complications. This study evaluates a large database of patients presenting to a nephrology out-patient clinic.

Methods : retrospective review of about 4000 patients presenting to the outpatient nephrology clinic at a tertiary care hospital.

Results: There were 4054 patients  enrolled in the clinic, after cleaning of data for missing data or wrong entries 3217 subjects remained for evaluation. 1486 (46.19%) were diabetics and 1199 (37.27%) were hypertensive. Total of 1277 (%) patients had ESRD and 501 (%) were diabetics

Conclusion: CKD is a growing burden of disease in Pakistan and our study highlights the underlying diabetes and hypertension as the leading causes of CKD.

PJKD

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2025-03-31

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##issue.vol## 9 ##issue.no## 1 (2025): Pakistan Journal of Kidney Diseases

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Original Article

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Retrospective Evaluation of a Large Nephrology Out-Patient Cohort. (2025). Pakistan Journal of Kidney Diseases, 9(1), 54-57. https://doi.org/10.53778/pjkd91294