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. 2011 Oct 2:12:50.
doi: 10.1186/1471-2369-12-50.

Haemodialysis in an emerging centre in a developing country: a two year review and predictors of mortality

Udeme E Ekrikpo  1 , Aniema I Udo, Enobong E Ikpeme, Emmanuel E Effa
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Haemodialysis in an emerging centre in a developing country: a two year review and predictors of mortality

Udeme E Ekrikpo et al. BMC Nephrol. .

Abstract

Background: Haemodialysis is the most common form of renal replacement therapy in Nigeria. The high cost of haemodialysis has made optimal therapy of end-stage renal disease difficult in Nigeria. This paper is a review of data collected over two years of provision of dialysis services in a new tertiary hospital in Southern Nigeria.

Methods: This retrospective analysis is done on data obtained from the patient case files and dialysis records in the first two years of provision of dialysis services in our centre. A gender comparison of the patients' baseline sociodemographic, clinical and biochemical was performed and a logistic regression model used to assess the predictors of mortality.

Results: A total of 98 patients had 471 sessions in the two years under review. Males and females had similar characteristics at baseline except for a higher median serum urea in the males. The commonest causes of end-stage renal disease were chronic glomerulonephritis (34.5%), hypertension (32.1%) and diabetes mellitus (17.9%). The main predictor of mortality was under treatment with haemodialysis due to inability to pay for more than a few dialysis sessions.

Conclusions: This study has highlighted the unchanging demographics of our advanced kidney failure patients. Efforts should be aimed at subsidizing the cost of dialysis for our teeming population of dialysis dependent chronic kidney disease patients.

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Map of Nigeria showing the distribution of dialysis centres.
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Age distribution of dialysis patients by gender.
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