Jan23 M2-ESRD Indigenous Health

Question 1

2 main reasons Indigenous people are 3 times more likely to get ESRD

Answer 1

obesity and diabetes

Question 2

why do Indigenous people have type 2 diabetes

Answer 2

because of the obesity

Question 3

reasons for ESRD in Indigenous vs non Indigenous in young people, 22-40 and 40+

Answer 3

-young and 22-40: Indigenous: GN
non Indigenous: congenital
-over 40: diabetes becomes the main reason

Question 4

big limitation in care in Indigenous populations

Answer 4

travelling for medical care

Question 5

what type of dialysis in Indigenous populations and consequence

Answer 5

almost only hemodialysis at the hospital so have to travel

Question 6

why Indigenous less likely to get a transplant (by 50%)

Answer 6

waitlist, less healthy, racism, culture, lack of HLA matches, travelling

Question 7

why the worse outcomes for renal disease in Indigenous pop

Answer 7

diabetes at much younger age, language and culture barrier, distance to treatment center

Question 8

KEY thing in preventing renal disease in Indigenous populations

Answer 8

prevent type 2 diabetes

Question 9

main risk factors for ESRD in Indigenous populations

Answer 9

diabetes and obesity

Question 10

main dx of renal disease in Indigenous kids and 22-40

Answer 10

GN, mainly IgA nephropathy