Ljubica Djukanović, Biserka Aksić-Miličević, Miodrag Antić, Jovan Baković, Željko Varga, Biljana Gojaković, Nada Dimković, Verica Đorđević, Vidojko Đorđević, Stevan Đurić, Sunčica Đurić, Nenad Zec, Rosa Jelačić, Zoran Kovačević, Tatjana Lazarević, Višnja Ležaić, Milan Mandić, Ivko Marić, Srboljub Milenković, Olivera Milićević, Milena Mišković, Igor Mitić, Zora Nikolić, Draga Pilipović, Stevo Plješa, Miroslava Radaković, Nenad Rakić, Vanja Rangelov, Radivoje Stojanović, Marina Stojanović-Stanojević, Biserka Tirmenštajn-Janković, Branimir Haviža-Lilić, Edvin Hadžibulić, Rajko Hrvačević, Anica Cvetičanin
The study presents the epidemiological features of patients treated with renal replacement therapy (RRT) in Serbia from 1997 to 2009 and compares the results of hemodialysis treatment in 1999 and 2009. Epidemiological data were obtained from the National Registry of RRT patients and data on hemodialysis treatment from special surveys conducted in 1999 and 2009. Within the period 1997-2009 the incidence of patients on RRT increased from 108 to 179 per million population (pmp), prevalence rose from 435 to 699 pmp, while mortality rate fell from 20...
October 2012: Hemodialysis International