Abstract

MARTINEZ, María Elvira et al. Risk factors for chronic kidney disease in patients attending an internal medicine outpatient clinic. Acta Med Colomb [online]. 2013, vol.38, n.4, pp.228-232. ISSN 0120-2448.

Abstract Introduction: chronic kidney disease (CKD ) has become a major public health problem worldwide. There is evidence in the literature that patients with CKD risk factors are not adequately evaluated. Objective: to determine the frequency of risk factors for chronic CKD patients attending an internal medicine outpatient clinic in Bogota, Colombia. Methods: cross sectional descriptive study. Sample of 290 patients with cluster sampling. The descriptive statistical analysis of the data was performed using STATA 10^®. Results: the mean age was 59.8 years (SD 17.9); 57.9% were women. In 97.6% of the medical records reviewed, a recording of blood pressure was found. The average systolic blood pressure was 125.5 mmHg (SD 18.5) and diastolic blood pressure 77.6 mmHg (SD 10.9). History of diabetes mellitus was found in 82 people (28.3%), of which 37 (45.1%) had blood glucose results in the medical record with an average value of 153.3 mg/dl (SD 67.1). Calculation of glomerular filtration rate (GFR ) was found in 30.3% of the population and was reported in 38.6% of people with a history of arterial hypertension and in 47.0% with a history of diabetes mellitus. The 67.6% of the study population had at least one risk factor for CKD. Conclusions: CKD risk factors easily identified as hypertension and diabetes mellitus, are not adequately evaluated. Data are consistent with those described in several articles in the literature. (Acta Med Colomb 2013; 38: 228-232).

Keywords : risk factors; chronic kidney disease; hypertension; diabetes mellitus; proteinuria; glomerular filtration rate.

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