Current Status of Renal Replacement Therapies in Turkey: Turkish Society of Nephrology Registry 2014 Summary Report

OBJECTIVE: The Turkish Society of Nephrology registry collects data on hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis and transplantation on an annual basis. Registry reports are printed every year as a booklet and this is the 25th year of registry reports. The registry is in close collaboration with international registries.

MATERIAL and METHODS: In this paper, data from the 2014 registry report are summarized and additionally yearly trends in the management of end-stage renal disease are also provided.

RESULTS: The number of patients on renal replacement therapy is increasing. At the end of 2014, 71.318 patients were on renal replacement therapy. The prevalence and incidence of end-stage renal disease was 918 and 147 per million population respectively. Diabetes was the most important cause of end-stage renal disease. Hemodialysis (78.4%) was the most common type of treatment modality, followed by transplantation (15.6%) and peritoneal dialysis (6.0%).

CONCLUSION: End-stage kidney disease is a very important and growing health problem for our country. The renal registry is a leading tool for providing current and sound data on this public health problem.