Renal Replacement Therapy in Slovenia: Excerpts From 2013 Data.
This report provides a summary of the 2013 Slovenian renal replacement therapy (RRT) data, obtained from 24 renal centers: 23 dialysis and one transplant center, referring from 31 December 2013, with 100% response rate to individual patient questionnaires. Slovenia had a population of 2 061 085 on 1 January 2014. The total number of patients treated by RRT was 2077, i.e. 1008.3 per million of population (pmp); 1349 (65%) were treated by hemodialysis, 52 (2.5%) by peritoneal dialysis, and 676 (32.5%) had a functioning kidney graft. A total of 260 incident patients, 126.2 pmp (at day one), started RRT, their median age was 69 years, 59.8% were men,. 58.5% of hemodialysis patients were treated with on-line hemodiafiltration. Vascular access was arteriovenous fistula in 79%, polytetrafluoroethylene graft in 8%, and catheter in 13% of patients, mean blood flow 276 ± 41 mL/min, 5.5% dialyzed in a single-needle mode. The crude death rate was 11.4% in all RRT patients (incident patients day 1 included, 15.9% in hemodialysis, 12.3% in peritoneal dialysis, 2.1% in transplant recipients). 60 kidney transplantations were performed in 2013, from deceased donors.
Department of Nephrology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana.
Jadranka
J
Buturović-Ponikvar
Department of Nephrology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana.
Jakob
J
Gubenšek
Department of Nephrology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana.
Miha
M
Arnol
Dialysis Center, General Hospital Trbovlje, Trbovlje.
Tone
T
Adamlje
Dialysis Center, General Hospital Izola, Izola, Slovenia.
Zlata
Z
Ceglar
Dialysis Center, General Hospital Ptuj, Ptuj.
Gabriela
G
Damevska
Dialysis Center, General Hospital Novo Mesto, Novo Mesto.
Mateja
M
Globokar
Nefrodial Dialysis Centers, Nefrodial d.o.o, Zreče, Slovenia.
Senka
S
Černe
Nefrodial Dialysis Centers, Nefrodial d.o.o, Zreče, Slovenia.
Andrej
A
Čufer
Dialysis Center, General Hospital Celje.
Andrej
A
Drozg
Department of Dialysis, University Medical Center Maribor, Maribor.
Robert
R
Ekart
Department of Nephrology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana.
Bojan
B
Knap
Department of Nephrology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana.
Aljoša
A
Kandus
Nefrodial Dialysis Centers, Nefrodial d.o.o, Zreče, Slovenia.
Sonja
S
Kapun
Dialysis Center, General Hospital Murska Sobota, Murska Sobota.
Simona
S
Kralj-Lopert
Dialysis Center, General Hospital Šempeter.
Dimitrij
D
Klančič
Nefrodial Dialysis Centers, Nefrodial d.o.o, Zreče, Slovenia.
Natalija
N
Kunc-Rešek
Dialysis Center, Hospital Sežana, Sežana.
Stojan
S
Kralj
Department of Nephrology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana.
Marko
M
Malovrh
Dialysis Center, Hemodial d.o.o., Vojnik.
Marjan
M
Močivnik
Department of Nephrology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana.
Gregor
G
Novljan
Department of Nephrology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana.
Karmen
K
Romozi
Dialysis Center, General Hospital Jesenice, Jesenice.
Igor
I
Rus
Dialysis Center, General Hospital Šempeter.
Silvan
S
Saksida
Dialysis Center, General Hospital Slovenj Gradec Slovenj Gradec, Slovenia.
Bojan
B
Vujkovac
Department of Nephrology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana.
Rafael
R
Ponikvar
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D017583:Hemodiafiltration / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000628:therapy*; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010530:Peritoneal Dialysis / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D017524:Slovenia; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult
End-stage renal disease; Epidemiology; Hemodialysis; Kidney transplantation; Peritoneal dialysis