End Stage Renal Disease
Conditions
Keywords
herbal nephropathy, Chinese herbal nephropathy, nephrotoxicity, renal disease, adverse drug reaction, Chinese herbal medicine
Brief summary
The purpose of this study is to identify incidence of Chinese herb nephropathy in a medical center
Detailed description
This is a retrospective study, by computer screening, chart review and phone survey to find herbal nephropathy and determine the cause-relationship. Using ICD-9-CM code as a tool to screen the newly diagnosed ESRD in NTUH computer data base, and divided patients into those with underlying disease(s) that cause the renal failure and those without.
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Department of Health, Executive Yuan, R.O.C. (Taiwan)
National Taiwan University Hospital
Study design
Time perspective
RETROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* patient who was newly diagnosed as end stage renal disease who need dialysis
Exclusion criteria
* started dialysis before 2000
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The incidence of herbal nephropathy | 5 years |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The epidemiology of primary diagnosis for end stage renal disease in Taiwan | 5 years |
Countries
Taiwan
Contacts
Primary ContactFe-Lin L Wu, MSCP, Ph.D
Backup ContactKwan-Dun Wu, MD, Ph.D
Outcome results
None listed