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Nephrol Dial Transplant (1999) 14: 2846-2848
© 1999 European Renal Association-European Dialysis and Transplant Association

Dialysis and Transplantation News

Development of nephrology and renal replacement therapy in Lithuania since 1989—an update

Vytautas Kuzminskis, Inga Arne Bumblyte and Jonas Surkus

Nephrological Clinic, Kaunas Medical University, Kaunas, Lithuania

Correspondence and offprint requests to: I. A. Bumblyte, Nephrological Clinic, Kaunas Medical University Clinics, Eiveniu 2, Kaunas 3007, Lithuania.

Keywords: development; haemodialysis; nephrology; peritoneal dialysis; transplantation

Introduction

Lithuania was the first state which had separated from the Soviet Union in 1990. It was the result of Lithuanian Reform Movement `Sajdis' which started in 1988.

Before 1989 nephrology and especially renal replacement therapy (RRT) were underdeveloped in Lithuania. After the dramatic socio-economic changes following the implosion of the Soviet bloc, significant progress in nephrology and dialysis has occurred. The aim of this communication is to provide information on the status of nephrology, dialysis and transplantation in Lithuania in the past and present.

Basic demographic data

Lithuania is a parliamentary republic with a territory of 65 200 km2 and a population of 3.7 million inhabitants. It is the largest of the three Baltic countries. The population density is 56.8 per km2. The population is 67% urban and 33% rural; 21.9% of the population is under 15 years, 61% is of working age and 17.1% is retired. The life expectancy for . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Nephrology and renal replacement therapy in Lithuania in 1989

The main moments of development of nephrology and RRT during period of 1989–1999

Nephrology and renal replacement therapy in Lithuania at the end of 1998

Remaining problems


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