Luxardo, Rosario; Kramer, Anneke; González-Bedat, Maria Carlota; Massy, Ziad A.; Jager, Kitty J.; Rosa-Diez, Guillermo; Noordzij, Marlies (2018-09)
[ABSTRACT]. Objective. To compare the epidemiology of renal replacement therapy (RRT) for end-stage renal disease (ESRD) in Latin America and Europe, as well as to study differences in macroeconomic indicators, demographic and clinical patient characteristics, mortality rates, and causes of death between these two populations. Methods. We used data from 20 Latin American and 49 European national and subnational renal registries that had provided data to the Latin American Dialysis and Renal Transplant Registry (RLADTR) and the European Renal ...
