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Renal replacement therapy in Europe : A summary of the 2011 ERA-EDTA Registry Annual Report
BackgroundThis article provides a summary of the 2011 ERA-EDTA Registry Annual Report (available at www.era-edta-reg.org).MethodsData on renal replacement therapy (RRT) for end-stage renal disease (ESRD) from national and regional renal registries in 30 countries in Europe and bordering the Mediterranean Sea were used. From 27 registries, individual patient data were received, whereas 17 registries contributed data in aggregated form. We present the incidence and prevalence of RRT, and renal transplant rates in 2011. In addition, survival probabilities and expected remaining lifetimes were calculated for those registries providing individual patient data.ResultsThe overall unadjusted incidence rate of RRT in 2011 among all registries reporting to the ERA-EDTA Registry was 117 per million population (pmp) (n = 71.631). Incidence rates varied from 24 pmp in Ukraine to 238 pmp in Turkey. The overall unadjusted prevalence of RRT for ESRD on 31 December 2011 was 692 pmp (n = 425 824). The highest prevalence was reported by Portugal (1662 pmp) and the lowest by Ukraine (131 pmp). Among all registries, a total of 22 814 renal transplantations were performed (37 pmp). The highest overall transplant rate was reported from Spain, Cantabria (81 pmp), whereas the highest rate of living donor transplants was reported from Turkey (39 pmp). For patients who started RRT between 2002 and 2006, the unadjusted 5-year patient survival on RRT was 46.8% [95% confidence interval (CI) 46.6-47.0], and on dialysis 39.3% (95% CI 39.2-39.4). The unadjusted 5-year patient survival after the first renal transplantation performed between 2002 and 2006 was 86.7% (95% CI 86.2-87.2) for kidneys from deceased donors and 94.3% (95% CI 93.6-95.0) for kidneys from living donors.publishersversionPeer reviewe
The Canfranc Axion Detection Experiment (CADEx): Search for axions at 90 GHz with Kinetic Inductance Detectors
We propose a novel experiment, the Canfranc Axion Detection Experiment
(CADEx), to probe dark matter axions with masses in the range 330-460 eV,
within the W-band (80-110 GHz), an unexplored parameter space in the
well-motivated dark matter window of Quantum ChromoDynamics (QCD) axions. The
experimental design consists of a microwave resonant cavity haloscope in a high
static magnetic field coupled to a highly sensitive detecting system based on
Kinetic Inductance Detectors via optimized quasi-optics (horns and mirrors).
The experiment is in preparation and will be installed in the dilution
refrigerator of the Canfranc Underground Laboratory. Sensitivity forecasts for
axion detection with CADEx, together with the potential of the experiment to
search for dark photons, are presented.Comment: 23 pages, 10 figure