Clinical, Paraclinical, and Evolutionary Profiles of Kidney Failure in Gold Miners Hospitalized in a Nephrological Service in a Sub-Saharan African Country

Table 3

General and physical signs found in 50 gold miner patients with kidney failure.

Variable	Result
General signs
Conjunctival paleness, n (%)	38 (76)
Lower legs oedema, n (%)	33 (66)
Facial puffiness, n (%)	23 (46)
Alteration of general condition, n (%)	6 (12)
Skin fold of dehydration, n (%)	5 (10)
Average systolic blood pressure (mm Hg)	148 .7 ± 47.4
Average diastolic blood pressure (mm Hg)	87.5 ± 30.1
Physical signs/syndromes
Tachycardia, n (%)	16 (32)
Jugular veins turgescence, n (%)	8 (16)
Ascites, n (%)	3 (6)
Pulmonary acute oedema, n (%)	2 (4)
Distended bladder, n (%)	1 (2)