Renal Replacement Therapy in Qatar—Past, Present and Future  

作　　者：Hassan Al Malki Awad Hamed Rashed Muhammad Asim 

机构地区：[1]Nephrology Division, Department of Medicine, Hamad General Hospital, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar

出　　处：《Open Journal of Nephrology》2018年第2期42-55,共14页肾脏病（英文）

摘　　要：The economic development of Qatar alongside the resultant lifestyle changes in the last few decades has contributed to increasing rates of obesity, diabetes mellitus and hypertension with consequent increased incidence and prevalence of chronic kidney disease and end-stage-renal-disease (ESRD). This article describes renal replacement therapy (RRT) services in Qatar and their evolution in response to challenges posed by the growth of ESRD with reference to regional and international data. It covers the history of RRT, highlighting significant advances in chronological order, as well as providing an overview of the current status of RRT in the multicultural and socioeconomically diverse society that inhabits Qatar. Finally, it casts a glance into the future, predicting how RRT services will further evolve to address the current limitations.The economic development of Qatar alongside the resultant lifestyle changes in the last few decades has contributed to increasing rates of obesity, diabetes mellitus and hypertension with consequent increased incidence and prevalence of chronic kidney disease and end-stage-renal-disease (ESRD). This article describes renal replacement therapy (RRT) services in Qatar and their evolution in response to challenges posed by the growth of ESRD with reference to regional and international data. It covers the history of RRT, highlighting significant advances in chronological order, as well as providing an overview of the current status of RRT in the multicultural and socioeconomically diverse society that inhabits Qatar. Finally, it casts a glance into the future, predicting how RRT services will further evolve to address the current limitations.

关 键 词：Chronic KIDNEY DISEASE DIALYSIS END-STAGE RENAL DISEASE RENAL Replacement Therapy Transplantation QATAR 

分 类 号：R6[医药卫生—外科学]