Shigeta Y, Kikkawa R
Third Department of Medicine, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Japan.
Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 1994 Oct;24 Suppl:S191-7. doi: 10.1016/0168-8227(94)90248-8.
According to a nation-wide survey of dialysis patients in Japan the number of diabetic patients with end-stage renal failure introduced to dialysis therapy has been increasing year by year, exceeding 6000 cases (28% of total cases) in 1991. A six-fold increase in numbers and a three-fold increase in percentages (DM/total) were observed in the past ten years. Although the medical technology and regimen in dialysis therapy have been greatly improved, the prognosis of those diabetic patients on maintenance dialysis has remained unsatisfactory. Their quality of life has been severely damaged mostly because of the impairment of visual acuity. The early detection and early introduction of effective therapy for diabetic nephropathy, therefore, may be the most imminent tasks necessary to prevent the various problems afflicting diabetic patients on end-stage renal failure.
根据一项针对日本透析患者的全国性调查，接受透析治疗的终末期肾衰竭糖尿病患者数量逐年增加，1991年超过6000例（占总病例的28%）。在过去十年中，数量增长了六倍，百分比（糖尿病患者/总病例）增长了三倍。尽管透析治疗的医疗技术和方案有了很大改进，但维持性透析的糖尿病患者预后仍不尽人意。他们的生活质量受到严重损害，主要是因为视力受损。因此，早期发现并尽早引入针对糖尿病肾病的有效治疗方法，可能是预防困扰终末期肾衰竭糖尿病患者的各种问题最紧迫的任务。
