Importance Of Nephrologic Care On Morbidity In Chronic Renal Failure Patients Before Hemodialysis

Despite advances in nephrology, morbidity and mortality of ESRD patients remain high on hemodialysis (HD). Pre-dialysis nephrologic care (PDNC) might be expected to result in decreased morbidity and better clinical outcome for the first year on HD. In study, CRF patients referred to nephrology clinic (PDNC group, n=28) and those urgently underwent HD (UHD group, n=27) were evaluated for the progress of clinical and biochemical parameters in the first year. At the enrollment, observed differences between groups were: lower Htc ratios (p