Prevalence of anemia in patients with non dialysis chronic kidney disease

Dr. Usha Saroj; Dr Abhay Kumar; Dr. Ajay Kumar Bakhla

Volume : VII, Issue : IX, September - 2018

Prevalence of anemia in patients with non dialysis chronic kidney disease

Dr. Usha Saroj, Dr Abhay Kumar, Dr. Ajay Kumar Bakhla

Abstract :

Prevalence of anemia in patients with nondialysis chronic kidney disease

Aims�Weaimed to evaluate the prevalence ofanemia among patients of Chronic Kidney disease, who are not requiring dialysis in a retrospective chart review.

Methods� : It was a retrospective chart review study, all documents either as hard copy or electronically stored of diagnosed cases of CKD were assessed for inclusion – exclusion criteria, and on qualification their small Socio–demographic data sheet was filled up and available lab reports were recorded in tabulated form.

Results�A total of 140 subjects were included for the study, 91 patients (65 %) were male and 35 % (n=49) were female. Based on blood hemoglobin estimation a total of 108 patients had anemia, which consisted of 77.1% of the total sample size.

Conclusions�This study finds a prevalence of 77.1% of anemia among CKD.