{"id":2328,"date":"2016-10-07T14:51:46","date_gmt":"2016-10-07T14:51:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/?p=2328"},"modified":"2016-10-07T14:51:46","modified_gmt":"2016-10-07T14:51:46","slug":"study-outlines-chronic-kidney-disease-as-a-cause-of-death-worldwide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/study-outlines-chronic-kidney-disease-as-a-cause-of-death-worldwide\/","title":{"rendered":"Study outlines chronic kidney disease as a cause of death worldwide"},"content":{"rendered":"

The results from a Global Burden of Disease study <\/span>published in The Lancet<\/em><\/a> indicate that<\/span> across the world deaths from chronic kidney disease <\/span>(CKD) <\/span>are increasing<\/span> among both<\/span> women and men.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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In Mexico, CKD is now the<\/span> second cause of \u2018y<\/span>ears of life lost\u2019 after ischemic heart disease, <\/span>and the third cause is diabetes. The International Society of Nephrology\u2019s<\/span> (ISN)<\/span> World Congress<\/a> in Mexico City in April 2017\u00a0will focus on diabetes and kidney disease, and be a unique and timely platform to discuss these alarming findings.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mortality due to CKD is increasing, it<\/span> rose between 2005 and 2015 by 3<\/span>2% to 1\u00b72 million deaths worldwide.<\/p>\n

In 2015, Latin America had the highest <\/span>CKD death rates in the world<\/span>, and in Mexico more than half of patients who develop kidney\u00a0failure did so as a result of <\/span>diabetes. An additional concern is emerging epidemics of death due to unexplained CKD in younger adults in Central America<\/span>, as well as in India and Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n

Once CKD has advanced to complete kidney failure, the only option<\/span>s for prolonging life are long term dialysis or kidney transplantation. Complex and <\/span>costly interventions which are not accessible to the general population in many countries.<\/p>\n

If this increase in deaths due to <\/span>CKD is to be halted, further research <\/span>is urgently needed to identify and deliver low-cost strategies for prevention, early detection and treatment of <\/span>CKD.<\/p>\n

ISN programs chair and past president John Feehally (UK)<\/span> comments: \u201cThese striking findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study confirm the growing pre-eminence of <\/span>CKD, and especially CKD due to diabetes<\/span>, as an avoidable cause of death worldwide. The International Society of Nephrology is spearheading the development and implementation of realistic and affordable strategies to reduce the impact of CKD worldwide<\/span>.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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