[Renal replacement therapy by hemodialysis in Constantine (Algeria)]

Abstract

End-stage renal failure is considered a public heath problem that constitutes a heavy cost on communities worldwide. To be able to plan the treatment of this pathology, we must have reliable and updated information through health network which represents the best mean for planning and reflexion locally and nationwide. The aim of our study was to answer to this need through a local registry of renal replacement therapy and nephrology network that we have for the first time an inventory of this pathology in an Algerian town (Constantine), and in this article we present the first results concerning patients under chronic hemodialysis.

Keywords: Care network; Chronic kidney failure; Health registry; Hemodialysis; Hémodialyse; Insuffisance rénale chronique; Registre de santé; Réseau de soins.