Feb 13, 2008 - There are ongoing national chronic kidney disease detection programs in ... Chronic noncommunicable diseases, including chronic kidney.
CJASN ePress. Published on February 13, 2008 as doi: 10.2215/CJN.03420807
Special Feature: Screening Series
Chronic Kidney Disease in Latin America: Time to Improve Screening and Detection Ana Maria Cusumano and Maria Carlota Gonza´lez Bedat Latin American Dialysis and Kidney Transplant Registry, Latin American Society of Nephrology and Arterial Hypertension, Buenos Aires, Argentina Latin America is a conglomerate of adjacent countries that share a Latin extraction and language (Spanish or Portuguese) and exhibit extreme variations in socioeconomic status. End-stage renal disease prevalence and incidence rates have been growing steadily, probably as a result of the increase in life expectancy, aging of the population, a growing epidemic of type 2 diabetes, and a fast epidemiologic transition across the region. Chronic noncommunicable diseases impose an enormous cost, barely supported at present and unlikely afforded by Latin America in the future. National health surveys in Chile, Mexico, and Argentina showed a high prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors. A total of 21% of the Chilean population had a creatinine clearance
