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

Table 4

The overall outcome of patients who required RRT.

Outcome of patients	Frequency	Percentage
		(%)
Improved and discharged on follow-up; (RRT accessed)	9	14.1
Improved and discharged on chronic dialysis program; (awaiting renal transplantation abroad)	1	1.6
Loss to follow-up; (RRT accessed but unable to sustain chronic therapy/renal transplantation abroad unaccessed)	10	15.6
Discharged against medical advice; (RRT unaccessed)	33	51.5
Demised while in the hospital; (RRT accessed)	5	7.8
Demised on admission; (RRT unaccessed)	6	9.4
Total	64	100