PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Mubaraki, Adnan A.
AU  - Alotaibi, Waad D.
AU  - Sibyani, Afnan K.
AU  - Alrbaiai, Ghaida T.
AU  - Almalki, Haneen S.
AU  - Atallah, Hashim M.
AU  - Basfar, Abdullah S.
AU  - Alqaedi, Asrar
AU  - Althobaiti, Hisham A.
AU  - Algethami, Mohammed M.
AU  - Althobaiti, Youssef A.
TI  - Prevalence of stroke among patients with chronic kidney disease, Taif, Saudi Arabia
AID  - 10.15537/smj.2023.44.11.20230206
DP  - 2023 Nov 01
TA  - Saudi Medical Journal
PG  - 1139--1144
VI  - 44
IP  - 11
4099  - http://smj.org.sa/content/44/11/1139.short
4100  - http://smj.org.sa/content/44/11/1139.full
SO  - Saudi Med J2023 Nov 01; 44
AB  - Objectives: To evaluate the prevalence of stroke among chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients in Taif, Saudi Arabia.Methods: A multicentric retrospective study was carried out from May 2021 to August 2022 on 4 dialysis centers in Taif, Saudi Arabia. With a total of 1857 CKD patients (aged ≥18 years old) participated in this study. Data were collected by reviewing patients’ files.Results: Approximately 98.3% of the participants had severely decreased glomerular filtration rate. Approximately 49.1% of them were on dialysis; the majority of them (87.2%) underwent hemodialysis. The prevalence of stroke in these CKD patients was 8.3%. Ischemic stroke was the most frequently reported issue (81.2%). Ischemic stroke was comparatively more frequently observed in peritoneal dialysis patients (12.1%); whereas hemorrhagic stroke was more on hemodialysis patients with statistically significant association (p=0.029). However, there was no significant association between the prevalence of stroke and stages of CKD.Conclusion: The prevalence of stroke in our cohort was 8.3%, and the majority of cases were ischemic strokes. Furthermore, ischemic strokes were more frequent in peritoneal dialysis patients, whereas hemorrhagic strokes occurred more frequently in hemodialysis patients with a statistically significant association.