Research Article
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.
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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) 20 severe dehydration/acute gastroenteritis | 16 (39.0%) | 4 (9.8%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | AKI 20 severe sepsis | 10 (24.4%) | 6 (14.6%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | AKI 20 acute tubular necrosis (massive hemoglobinuria) | 3 (7.3%) | 2 (4.9%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | AKI 20 tumor lysis syndrome | 2 (4.9%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | AKI 20 toxic nephropathy | 5 (12.2%) | 2 (4.9%) | 2 (4.9%) | 0 (0%) | AKI 20 acquired obstructive uropathy (nephrolithiasis) | 1 (2.4%) | 1 (2.4%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | AKI 20 acute tubular necrosis (after cardiac surgery) | 1 (2.4%) | 1 (2.4%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | AKI 20 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%) |
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