The purpose of this study is to identify incidence of Chinese herb nephropathy in a medical center
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.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
2,000
National Taiwan University Hospital
Taipei, Taiwan
RECRUITINGThe incidence of herbal nephropathy
Time frame: 5 years
The epidemiology of primary diagnosis for end stage renal disease in Taiwan
Time frame: 5 years
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