ERA Registry

ILD38

Over the past seven decades, the number of patients receiving renal replacement therapy (RRT) for end-stage kidney disease has grown rapidly. RRT is increasingly used for older patients, and patients with diabetes or high blood pressure. Trends in RRT use between 1998 and 2011 have shown rates stabilizing in some countries, and declining in others. Moreover, these changing trends varied by age group. It is important to provide an update on these trends, to study whether the stabilizing and decline seen in some countries has continued and is now also found elsewhere. For health care practitioners, policymakers, and researchers, it is important to know how many people are receiving RRT, and how many new patients start treatment each year. We will study the trends in the number of new cases of RRT each year, the number of patients receiving RRT in total, and the survival of patients after starting RRT. By providing an up-to-date overview of trends in the incidence, prevalence, and outcomes of RRT in Europe between 2007 and 2016, this study could aid in making more accurate projections of the future burden of RRT in Europe. This is important for resource allocation. Moreover, highlighting the recent developments in RRT trends can help guide researchers and funding agencies to prioritize future research into specific areas, such as subgroups of the population at increased risk.

06/12/2019