eprintid: 1312759 rev_number: 68 eprint_status: archive userid: 608 dir: disk0/01/31/27/59 datestamp: 2011-06-28 19:38:17 lastmod: 2021-10-05 00:47:11 status_changed: 2014-05-21 15:29:22 type: article metadata_visibility: show item_issues_count: 0 creators_name: Muneer, A creators_name: Al Nusairat, I creators_name: Kabir, MZ title: Clinical profiles of chronic renal failure patients at referral to nephrologist ispublished: pub keywords: CRF patients, Renal function at referral, Najran area note: Publication available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license described at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ and http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/legalcode. This provides the non-exclusive right to copy, distribute, or display the Work is granted after six months of publication. abstract: The quality of care of patients with chronic renal failure (CRF) in their pre-dialysis state is known to have a significant impact on the mortality and morbidity of dialysis patients. We evaluated 78 patients with chronic renal disease who were referred to our center for Follow-up of nephrologists between June 2002 and July 2003. We studied the etiology of the disease and the different biological parameters at the time of first nephrology clinic visit. The mean age of the patients was above 52 years. Diabetes mellitus was the leading cause of CRF found in 28% of patients, followed by hypertension in 24% cases. Seventy percent of the patients were in a state of moderate and severe renal failure at referral with mean blood urea nitrogen (BUN) of 22 +/- 13 mmol/L, serum creatinine of 390 +/- 180 micromol/L and creatinine clearance of 16.8 +/- 14.2 ml/min. Our study suggests that the referring physicians should be more aware of the timing of referral of patients with CRF to nephrologists so that optimum pre-dialysis care can be ensured to improve the quality of life and better outcome of CRF patients. date: 2004-10 official_url: http://www.sjkdt.org/ vfaculties: VGHCSCI oa_status: green full_text_type: pub language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green article_type_text: Journal Article verified: verified_manual elements_source: PubMed elements_id: 237161 publication_declined: 2021-10-05T01:47:11BST full_text_status: public publication: Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation volume: 15 number: 4 pagerange: 468 - 472 event_location: Saudi Arabia issn: 1319-2442 citation: Muneer, A; Al Nusairat, I; Kabir, MZ; (2004) Clinical profiles of chronic renal failure patients at referral to nephrologist. Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation , 15 (4) 468 - 472. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1312759/1/SaudiJKidneyDisTranspl154468-2211401_060834.pdf