Country :                                                                                    Bangladesh

Population :                                                                                130 million

Number of kidney and urology patients :                                   10 million

Number of acute renal failure/year :                                           12-15 thousand

Number of Chronic renal failure/year :                                       18-20 thousand

Total Doctors:                                                                            30 thousand

Medical College :                                                                        25

Total no of Nephrologist :                                                         60

Total no of Urologist :                                                               60

Total no of postgraduate trainee in Nephrology :                     4 0


CAUSES OF ACUTE RENAL FAILURE (ARF)

Medical Causes (n=134)

No of patients
Patients recovery (n)
Gastroenteritis
65
52
Viral hepatitis
16
14
Septicaemia
16
12

Rapidly progressive

Glomerulonephritis

15
13
Enteric fever
6
5
Other
16
8

CAUSES OF CHRONIC RENAL FAILURE :

Existing Patients  (1990-1994)
New Patients (1998)
Glomerulonephritis
47%
40%
Diabetic nephropathy
24%
31%
Hypertension
13%
15%
Obstructive uropathy
8%
8%
Unknown
10%
6%

 

TREATMENT OFFERED IN PATIENTS WITH END STAGE RENAL FAILURE 1988 - 2000

HD
 PD
TX
Total
No. of patients
5347
1036
445
6826
Mean age (yrs)
41
57 (CAPD)
34
44
Patients survival

75%

45%

96%

-

Hd, Haemodialysis; PD, Peritoneal dialysis; Transplantation, CAPD, Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis.

 

Data of renal transplantation

Total no. of transplants:                    433 from 1988-2000

Donor information:                           (n=212)

Parent: 120 (58.8%)                        Sibling: 84 (41.2%)

Complication:

Acute rejection                                57 (18%)

ATN:                                              16 (5%)

Proteinuria                                      163 (51%)

Chronic rejection                             66 (31%)

Diabetes mellitus                              53 (17%)

Tuberculosis                                    19 (6%)

Hepatitis                                          11 (3.4%)

 

Urological disease spectrum

Total population: 120 million

Urology burdent: about 1.3 million

Common urological problem

(Hospital bases data of 1st Jan. 98 to 31st Dec. 99)

Urinary stone disease
16.72%
BHP
 16.29%
Stricture urethra
15.64%
Obstructive uropathy
14.14%
Genitourinary trauma
8.89%
Congenital anomaly
6.53%
Congenital anomaly
6.53%
Renal cell carcinoma
1.17%
Carcinoma prostate
1.71%