Research Article
The Enormity of Chronic Kidney Disease in Nigeria: The Situation in a Teaching Hospital in South-East Nigeria
(a) Duration of dialysis by number of sessions of dialysis. |
| Duration (months) | Sessions of haemodialysis | 1–5 | 6–10 | 11–49 | 50 | Total (%) |
| 1 | 694 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 715 (78.7) | 1–3 | 12 | 68 | 36 | 0 | 116 (12.8) | 3–6 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 0 | 37 (4.1) | 6–9 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 21 (2.3) | 9–12 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 (0.5) | 12–24 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 (1.0) | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 (0.5) |
| Total | 707 (77.9) | 87 (9.6) | 104 (11.4) | 10 (1.1) | 908 (100) |
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(b) Reasons for withdrawal. |
| Reasons | % |
| Financial | 91.5 | Distance from dialysis facility | 0.8 | Death | 3.7 | Referred out* | 1.2 | Withdrawal of consent | 0.1 | Others | 2.7 |
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Others referred out for kidney transplantation.
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