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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>2500-5006</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Colombiana de Nefrología]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. colom. nefrol.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2500-5006</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Asociación Colombiana de Nefrología e Hipertensión Arterial]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S2500-50062021000300301</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22265/acnef.8.3.396</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[La enfermedad renal crónica. Revisión de la literatura y experiencia local en una ciudad de Ecuador]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Chronic kidney disease. Literature review the local experience in an Ecuador city]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Pillajo Sánchez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Brenda Lorena]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aaf"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Guacho Guacho]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Juan Sebastián]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aaf"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Moya Guerrero]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Iván Ricardo]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital General Docente de Ambato Servicio de Medicina Interna ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Ambato ]]></addr-line>
<country>Ecuador</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Técnica de Ambato Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Ambato ]]></addr-line>
<country>Ecuador</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>8</volume>
<numero>3</numero>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2500-50062021000300301&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2500-50062021000300301&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2500-50062021000300301&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen La enfermedad renal crónica (ERC) representa una problemática importante de salud pública a nivel mundial, pues tiene implicaciones clínicas y socioeconómicas significativas. Lo anterior ha motivado a incrementar los esfuerzos por parte de los sistemas sanitarios para mejorar su detección precoz, así como la coordinación entre las distintas especialidades médicas. La evidencia científica ha demostrado que, en la actualidad, la incidencia de la ERC incrementa en correlación con el proceso de envejecimiento, siendo este uno de los factores asociados más importantes a tener en cuenta, junto con las enfermedades crónicas no transmisibles. Por lo tanto, se hace relevante realizar una revisión de la literatura disponible para exponer la situación actual de la ERC a nivel mundial y poderla comparar con la experiencia local de la ciudad de Ambato, Ecuador, esto desde un enfoque nefroprotector.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract Chronic kidney disease (CKD) represents a major public health problem. It has significant clinical and socioeconomic implications. This disease increases the efforts of the health system for its early detection and to improve coordination between the different medical specialties. Scientific evidence has shown that the incidence of CKD increases in the population in correlation to the aging process and chronic non-transmissible diseases. Therefore, it is relevant to review the literature to expose the current situation of CKD worldwide and compare it with the local experience from Ambato, Ecuador, with a nephroprotective approach.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[enfermedad renal crónica]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Ecuador]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[envejecimiento]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[geriatría]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[nefrología (DeCS).]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[chronic kidney disease]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Ecuador]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[aging]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[geriatrics]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[nephrology (MeSH).]]></kwd>
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