Department of Nephrology, Labbafinejad Medical Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Iran J Kidney Dis. 2020 Mar;14(2):95-101.
End-stage renal disease (ESRD) is a foremost health issue with major consequences in various parts of the world. In Iran, the prevalence/incidence of ESRD has increased during the past decades. The economic burden of ESRD treatment on patients, their families, and the whole healthcare system is huge as well. Hence ESRD is considered emerging public health problem in developing countries, including Iran, requiring short- and longterm changes in healthcare policies. Developing a national registry system for dialysis patients in Iran now enables us to summarize certain clinical characteristics of these patients and compares the present situation with the late 1990s when dialysis services just began to expand in the country. In this paper, the authors provide information regarding the process of establishing dialysis registry in Iran along with the report of the output of such a registry. Focusing on such an important measure in the whole country of around along with the data that it has produced is a gateway to further progress.
终末期肾病（ESRD）是全球范围内的一个主要健康问题，会带来严重后果。在伊朗，ESRD 的患病率/发病率在过去几十年中有所增加。ESRD 治疗给患者、患者家庭和整个医疗保健系统带来了巨大的经济负担。因此，ESRD 被认为是包括伊朗在内的发展中国家正在出现的公共卫生问题，需要对医疗保健政策进行短期和长期的改变。在伊朗建立一个透析患者国家登记系统，使我们现在能够总结这些患者的某些临床特征，并将现状与 20 世纪 90 年代末透析服务刚刚开始在该国扩张时进行比较。本文作者提供了关于在伊朗建立透析登记系统的过程的信息，以及该登记系统的输出报告。关注全国范围内的这样一个重要措施，以及它所产生的数据，是进一步发展的一个途径。
