Renal Replacement Therapy in Children in the Developing World: Challenges and Outcome in a Tertiary Hospital in Southeast Nigeria

Table 3

Primary etiological diagnosis in AKI patients who required RRT.

Etiological diagnosis	Number of patients who required RRT	Number of patients who accessed acute RRT	Number of patients who required further chronic RRT	Number of patients who accessed chronic RRT
	(%)	(%)	(%)	(%)
Acute kidney injury (AKI) 2^0 severe dehydration/acute gastroenteritis	16 (39.0%)	4 (9.8%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
AKI 2^0 severe sepsis	10 (24.4%)	6 (14.6%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
AKI 2^0 acute tubular necrosis (massive hemoglobinuria)	3 (7.3%)	2 (4.9%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
AKI 2^0 tumor lysis syndrome	2 (4.9%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
AKI 2^0 toxic nephropathy	5 (12.2%)	2 (4.9%)	2 (4.9%)	0 (0%)
AKI 2^0 acquired obstructive uropathy (nephrolithiasis)	1 (2.4%)	1 (2.4%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
AKI 2^0 acute tubular necrosis (after cardiac surgery)	1 (2.4%)	1 (2.4%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
AKI 2^0 congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract- (CAKUT-) posterior urethral valves	3 (7.3%)	2 (4.9%)	2 (4.9%)	1 (2.4%)
Total	41 (100%)	18 (43.9%)	4 (9.8%)	1 (2.4%)