Incidence, mortality, and prevalence of end-stage chronic renal disease in the Bajo Lempa region of El Salvador: A ten-year community registry

Incidence, mortality, and prevalence of end-stage chronic renal disease in the Bajo Lempa region of El Salvador: A ten-year community registry

The Bajo Lempa is an impoverished rural coastal region of El Salvador affected by the chronic kidney disease (CKD) epidemic known as Mesoamerican nephropathy. The local community organisation Fondo Social de Emergencia para la Salud (FSES) (Emergency social fund for health) is helping to fight the e...

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Main Authors: Ramón García-Trabanino, Carolina Hernández, Adrián Rosa, Jesús Domínguez Alonso
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-09-01
Series:Nefrología (English Edition)
Subjects:
Bajo Lempa
El Salvador
Chronic kidney disease
End-stage renal disease
Incidence
Mortality
Mesoamerican nephropathy
Prevalence
Renal replacement therapy
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2013251416301031

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