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Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 2007 22(Supplement 7):vii1-vii2; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm325
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© The Author [2007]. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of ERA-EDTA. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

Summary of Findings in the 2006 UK Renal Registry Report (Chapter 1)

David Ansell

UK Renal Registry, Bristol

Correspondence and offprint requests to: David Ansell, UK Renal Registry, Southmead Hospital, Southmead Rd, Bristol BS10 5NB, UK. Email: ansell@renalreg.com

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In 2005, the acceptance rate for renal replacement therapy (RRT) in adults in the UK was 108 pmp and this was derived from 100% complete data returns for the UK. From 2001 to 2005 there has been a 7.3% rise in the acceptance numbers in those 42 renal units with full reporting throughout that period.

The median age of patients starting RRT in England has increased from 63.8 years in 1998 to 65.2 years in 2005. Patients starting on peritoneal dialysis (PD) were on average 9 years younger than those on haemodialysis (HD) and had fewer comorbidities present. HD was the first modality of RRT in 76% of patients, PD in 21% and pre-emptive transplant in 3%.

Patients starting RRT without any comorbidity present . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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