Prevalence of anemia in patients with nondialysis chronic kidney disease

Aims—Weaimed to evaluate the prevalence ofanemia among patients of Chronic Kidney disease, who are not requiring dialysis in a retrospective chart review.

Methods— : It was a retrospective chart review study, all documents either as hard copy or electronically stored of diagnosed cases of CKD were assessed for inclusion – exclusion criteria, and on qualification their small Socio–demographic data sheet was filled up and available lab reports were recorded in tabulated form.

Results—A total of 140 subjects were included for the study, 91 patients (65 %)  were male and 35 % (n=49) were female. Based on blood hemoglobin estimation a total of 108 patients had anemia, which consisted of 77.1% of the total sample size.

Conclusions—This study finds a prevalence of 77.1% of anemia among CKD.