Acute Renal Failure at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital: A 10-Year Review

The Dialysis Centre at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital was established in November 1981 as the first unit in West Africa to undertake chronic hemodialysis treatment. More than 500 patients have been managed in the center since then. Of these, 175 were cases of acute renal failure. The causes...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Renal failure 1993, Vol.15 (1), p.77-80
Hauptverfasser:	Bamgboye, E. L., Mabayoje, Monica O., Odutola, Taofeeqat A., Mabadeje, A. F. B.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Acute Kidney Injury - etiology Acute Kidney Injury - mortality Adult Biological and medical sciences Female Hemodialysis Units, Hospital Humans Male Medical sciences Nephrology. Urinary tract diseases Nephropathies. Renovascular diseases. Renal failure Nigeria - epidemiology Renal failure Retrospective Studies Survival Rate Treatment Outcome Tropical medicine
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Zusammenfassung:	The Dialysis Centre at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital was established in November 1981 as the first unit in West Africa to undertake chronic hemodialysis treatment. More than 500 patients have been managed in the center since then. Of these, 175 were cases of acute renal failure. The causes and outcome of these cases have been reviewed. There were 89 males (50.9%) and 86 females (49.1%). The majority, 111 (63.4%), were aged
ISSN:	0886-022X 1525-6049
DOI:	10.3109/08860229309065577