Clinicodemographic Profile of Kidney Diseases in a Tertiary Hospital of Central Nepal, Chitwan: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study

Abstract

Introduction: Spectrum of kidney diseases differs significantly in developing and developedcountries. However, there is no central registry regarding the nature of such diseases in Nepaland our center either. The study aims to know the clinicodemographic spectrum of kidney diseasepatients admitted to our hospital.
 Methods: This study was a descriptive cross sectional study done in the department of Nephrology,College of Medical Sciences Teaching Hospital from May 2018 to April 219. Convenient samplingwas done and all the consecutive kidney disease patients irrespective of their age, sex, and renaldiagnosis were included in the study. Ethical approval was taken from the Institutional ReviewCommittee of the college (reference number. 2016/COMSTH/IRC/049). Clinicodemographic profileof kidney diseases were studied using statistical package for the social sciences version 20 and wererepresented as mean, standard deviation, number, percentage and ratio.
 Results: Out of a total of 829 patients, the commonest clinical syndrome and the histological patternswere end-stage renal disease 248 (29.9%) and IgA nephropathy 18 (20.7%) respectively. The meanage was 51.4±18.6 years. The commonest reason for hospitalization was sepsis 372 (44.8%). Maleswere 486 (58.6%) and females were 343 (41.4%).
 Conclusions: The commonest clinical presentation and the reason for admissions were end-stagerenal disease and sepsis syndrome respectively.