Current Status of Kidney Replacement Therapy in Türkiye: A Summary of 2023 Turkish Society of Nephrology Registry Report

Abstract

Background: Turkish Society of Nephrology registry collects data on hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis (PD), and transplantation annually. Registry reports are printed every year as a booklet, and this is the 34th year of the registry reports. The registry is in close collaboration with international registries. Methods: In this paper, we summarized data from the 2023 registry report and provided yearly trends for managing end-stage kidney disease. Results: The number of patients on kidney replacement therapy (KRT) increased; at the end of 2023, 89 527 patients were on KRT. The prevalence and incidence of end-stage kidney disease were 1048.7 and 159.8 per million population, respectively. Diabetes was the most common cause of end-stage kidney disease. Hemodialysis (70.88%) was the most common type of treatment modality, followed by transplantation (25.01%) and PD (4.11%). Conclusion: End-stage kidney disease is a critical and growing health problem for our country. The kidney registry of the Turkish Society of Nephrology is one ofthe leading tools for providing current and sound data on this public health problem.