Chronic Kidney Disease

Among the population in our country chronic kidney disease (HCV) none the popularity of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, malignant diseases or diabetes mellitus.

Both the general population and the majority of the medical community still live with the hopelessly outdated belief that chronic kidney disease is quite rare.

Of course, the health administration is no exception. According to the National Center for Health Statistics, diseases of the genitourinary system accounted for only 1.11% of all deaths in 2005 (1).

According to NSI data, in the following year 2006 they were even rarer – 1.05% (2). This is the official version of the incidence of chronic kidney diseases in Bulgaria, on the basis of which nephrological care in the country is planned.

According to modern classification chronic kidney disease is: “A decrease in glomerular filtration rate (GFR) below 60 ml/min/1.73 m2 and/or the presence of microalbuminuria or albuminuria” (3).

In Bulgaria, this classification of chronic kidney diseases was officially adopted 3 years ago with the Official Bulletin of the Ministry of Health No. 10/2004 (4).

При такава формулировка, честотата на хроничните бъбречни заболявания в различни страни е обикновено от 9-10% до над 15% (5, 6). Почти навсякъде се наблюдава тревожна тенденция на нарастване на ХБЗ.
Проучването е проведено през периода януари-май 2007 година в 6 региона на страната – София, Пловдив, Пазарджик, Смолян, Плевен и Варна. Планираният брой на изследваните беше 2000 души.