Features of chronic hemodialysis practice after the Marmara earthquake

• Published in: Journal of the American Society of Nephrology Vol. 15; no. 4; pp. 1071 - 1076
• Main Authors: SEVER, Mehmet Sukru, EREK, Ekrem, VANHOLDER, Raymond, KALKAN, Aykut, GUNEY, Nevin, USTA, Nesrin, YILMAZ, Cevdet, KUTANIS, Cavit, TURGUT, Ramazan, LAMEIRE, Norbert
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hagerstown, MD Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 01.04.2004
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy; Biological and medical sciences; Disasters; Emergency and intensive care: renal failure. Dialysis management; Female; Humans; Intensive care medicine; Kidney Failure, Chronic - complications; Kidney Failure, Chronic - therapy; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Renal Dialysis - statistics & numerical data; Surveys and Questionnaires; Turkey; Asia; Turkey; Human; Extrarenal dialysis; Chronic; Nephrology; Hemodialysis; Health staff; Earthquakes; Infrastructure; Public health; Urology

After disasters, treatment of chronic hemodialysis (HD) patients is problematic because of logistic and medical reasons. This study analyzes features of HD practice in the regions affected by the Marmara earthquake that struck northwestern Turkey in August 1999. Questionnaires asking about HD infras...