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Nephrology in Uruguay

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Uruguay (República Oriental del Uruguay) is a South American country (3,505,985 inhabitants, area of 176,215 Km2) where renal replacement therapy for end-stage renal disease has been available for the entire population since 1980. The National Kidney Biopsy Registry was implemented in 1985, the National Renal Healthcare Program providing multidisciplinary care to improve the diagnosis and treatment of patients with chronic renal disease initiated in 2004, and in 2007 the National Integrated Health System (Sistema Nacional Integrado de Salud or SNIS for its Spanish acronym) was established. Nephrological care is widely available for the entire population. Acute and chronic hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, and kidney transplantations are available throughout the country. All these treatments are under permanent quality control by health authorities. The Uruguayan Society of Nephrology and the National Resources Fund hold a mandatory registry on dialysis, whereas the Uruguayan Society of Transplantation maintains the Kidney Transplant Registry that includes all kidney transplants performed in the country. In Uruguay, there are 175 practicing nephrologists, 38 hemodialysis centers, 8 peritoneal dialysis centers, and 3 renal transplantation teams. In 2018, the prevalence of dialysis patients was 771 pmp (3069 on hemodialysis and 296 on peritoneal dialysis), and 461 pmp are living with a functioning kidney graft.

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  1. Centro de Nefrología, Hospital de Clínicas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay

    Liliana Gadola, Oscar Noboa, Alejandro Ferreiro & Raúl Lombardi

  2. Programa de Salud Renal. Fondo Nacional de Recursos, Montevideo, Uruguay

    Pablo Rios

  3. Registro Uruguayo de Diálisis. Sociedad Uruguaya de Nefrología, Montevideo, Uruguay

    María Carlota Gonzalez-Bedat

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  5. Instituto Nacional de Donación y Trasplantes. Hospital de Clínicas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay

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  6. Instituto de Nefrología y Urología - Trasplante Renal, Hospital Italiano, Montevideo, Uruguay

    Sergio Orihuela

  7. Unidad de Nefrología pediátrica de ASSE, Hospital Pereira Rossell, Montevideo, Uruguay

    Anabella Rebori

  8. Comisión Asesora del Programa de Salud Renal, Montevideo, Uruguay

    Laura Sola

  9. Clínica Pediátrica, Centro Hospitalario Pereira Rossell, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay

    Margarita Halty

  10. Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay

    Francisco Gonzalez-Martinez

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Gadola, L. et al. (2021). Nephrology in Uruguay. In: Moura-Neto, J.A., Divino-Filho, J.C., Ronco, C. (eds) Nephrology Worldwide. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-56890-0_16

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