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Inside CKD aims to assess the burden of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and the cost-effectiveness of screening programmes in Belgium.
Microsimulation-based modelling.
Data derived from national statistics and key literature from Belgium.
Virtual populations of ≥10 million individuals, representative of Belgian populations of interest, were generated based on published data and cycled through the Inside CKD model. Baseline input data included age, estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), urine albumin-creatinine ratio (UACR) and CKD status.
Outcomes included the clinical and economic burden of CKD during 2022–2027 and the cost-effectiveness of two different CKD screening programmes (one UACR measurement and two eGFR measurements or only two eGFR measurements, followed by renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system inhibitor treatment in newly diagnosed eligible patients). The economic burden estimation included patients diagnosed with CKD stages 3–5; the screening cost-effectiveness estimation included patients aged ≥45 years with no CKD diagnosis and high-risk subgroups (with cardiovascular disease, hypertension, type 2 diabetes or aged ≥65 years).
Between 2022 and 2027, CKD prevalence is estimated to remain stable and substantial at approximately 1.66 million, with 69.9% undiagnosed. The total healthcare cost of patients diagnosed with CKD is expected to remain stable at approximately 2.15 billion per year. The one UACR, two eGFR measurement screening programme was cost-effective in all populations, with an incremental cost-effectiveness ratio of 3623 per quality-adjusted life year (QALY) gained in those aged ≥45 years, well below the estimated willingness-to-pay threshold of 43 839 per QALY gained.
Without changes to current practice, the disease burden of CKD in Belgium is predicted to remain substantial over the next few years. This highlights the need for timely diagnosis of CKD and demonstrates that, in line with guideline recommendations, implementing a CKD screening programme involving UACR and eGFR measurements followed by treatment would be cost-effective.
Introducción: El manejo del paciente neurocrítico precisa un estrecho control de la presión de perfusión cerebral y de la presión intracraneal. A lo largo de los años, se ha estudiado la relación entre las intervenciones y los cuidados de enfermería, con la alteración de las cifras de presión intracraneal, demostrándose que, algunas de ellas como los cambios posturales y la aspiración de secreciones, producen un importante impacto. Objetivo: Determinar la influencia de los cambios de posición y la aspiración de secreciones en la presión intracraneal y encontrar un consenso de actuación para mejorar la calidad de la práctica diaria. Método: Se realizó una búsqueda en varias bases de datos, entre abril y mayo de 2017, para recuperar el mayor número de evidencias recientes posibles. Se establecieron criterios de inclusión y exclusión. Tras los procesos de cribado de los artículos, diez de ellos se incluyeron en la revisión sistemática. Resultados y conclusiones: El personal de enfermería constituye una pieza clave en el cuidado de estos pacientes. Todos los estudios coincidieron en que tanto los cambios de posición como la aspiración de secreciones tienen influencia sobre la PIC.
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