Korean Journal of Nephrology 1989;8(2):255-262.

우리나라 투석요법이 현황 - 인산 기념 등록사업 1987 -

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Abstract

In 1981, the Korean Society of Nephrology started annual report on renal replacement therapy in Korea. The annual number of new patients receiving dialysis treatment in 1987, compared with 1986, rose from 957 patients (23.3 per million population) to 1597 patients (38.0 per million population) and the total number of patients on renal replacement therapy rose from 2534 patients (61.7 per million population) to 3405 patients (81.0 per million population). 2087 patients (49.7 per million population) of these patients were living on hemodialysis, 683 patients (16.5 per million population) on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) and 619 patients (14.7 per million population) on fun- ctioning renal graft as of December 31, 1987. The common causes of renal failure of new patients were chronic glomerulonephritis (29.3%,), followed by hypertensive nephrosclerosis (8.1%), diabetic ne- phropathy (7.5%), pyelo/interstitial nephritis (2.4%) and others. The common causes of death in patients on dialysis therapy were cardiac (40.0%), vascular (16.0%), infective (11.2 %) and social problems (14.4%). Recently, the number of patients requiring dialysis therapy is rapidly increasing due to expanded medical insurance support for dialysis and improved economic status of our country. Therefore, It is necessary to draw up counterplan for a rapid growth of the number of new patiens.