Brazilian Dialysis Survey 2020.

Fabiana Baggio Nerbass Helbert do Nascimento Lima Fernando Saldanha ThoméOsvaldo Merege Vieira NetoJocemir Ronaldo Lugon Ricardo de Castro Cintra Sesso

Published in: Jornal brasileiro de nefrologia : 'orgao oficial de Sociedades Brasileira e Latino-Americana de Nefrologia (2022)

The absolute number of patients on chronic dialysis and prevalence rate continued to increase. The low use of PD as dialysis therapy was maintained and the use of long-term catheters for HD increased. The COVID-19 pandemic contributed to the increase in the overall mortality rate.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
chronic kidney disease
peritoneal dialysis
risk factors
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
stem cells
cross sectional
cardiovascular events
replacement therapy