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The clinical pattern of renal diseases in the nephrology in-patient unit of the Yaounde General Hospital in Cameroon: a five-year audit
INTRODUCTION: Kidney diseases are a growing worldwide problem and one of the major public health threats. We analyzed the spectrum of kidney diseases seen over a five-year period in the nephrology in-patient unit of the Yaounde general hospital. METHODS: This was a retrospective analysis of 225 medi...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4575702/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26421100 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2015.21.205.5945 |
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author | Kaze, Francois Folefack Ekokobe, Forbin Elias Halle, Marie Patrice Fouda, Hermine Menanga, Alain Patrick Ashuntantang, Gloria |
author_facet | Kaze, Francois Folefack Ekokobe, Forbin Elias Halle, Marie Patrice Fouda, Hermine Menanga, Alain Patrick Ashuntantang, Gloria |
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description | INTRODUCTION: Kidney diseases are a growing worldwide problem and one of the major public health threats. We analyzed the spectrum of kidney diseases seen over a five-year period in the nephrology in-patient unit of the Yaounde general hospital. METHODS: This was a retrospective analysis of 225 medical records of patients admitted from January 2005 to December 2009 in the unit with a discharge diagnosis of kidney and urinary tract diseases. The first hospitalization was considered for patients admitted several times for the same disease. Socio-demographic and clinical patient data were recorded. RESULTS: The patients mean age was 44.8±16 years with 135 (60%) males and 211 (93.8%) emergency admissions. All 139 (61.8%) patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) had chronic renal failure. Acute kidney injury (AKI) (28%), nephrotic syndrome (7.6%), renal colic (1.3%) and acute pyelonephritis (1.3%) were other patterns observed. Chronic glomerulonephritis (25.9%), hypertension (22.3%) and diabetes (20.1%) were the main etiological factors of CKD. All AKI patients were in stage RIFLE-F. AKI was secondary to parenchymal (58.7%), functional (25.4%) and obstructive (15.9%) etiologies. Black water fever (36.4%), sepsis (22.7%), drugs (18.2%), eclampsia (13.6%) and herbal concoctions (9.1%) were the etiologies of acute tubular necrosis while enterocolitis (56.2%), heart failure (31.3%) and digestive hemorrhage (12.5%) were the etiologies of functional AKI. CONCLUSION: The clinical pattern of renal diseases is dominated by advanced CKD and AKI secondary to preventable causes. This study suggests a need for an array of actions including sensitization, continuous medical education and strengthening of the health system. |
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spelling | pubmed-45757022015-09-29 The clinical pattern of renal diseases in the nephrology in-patient unit of the Yaounde General Hospital in Cameroon: a five-year audit Kaze, Francois Folefack Ekokobe, Forbin Elias Halle, Marie Patrice Fouda, Hermine Menanga, Alain Patrick Ashuntantang, Gloria Pan Afr Med J Research INTRODUCTION: Kidney diseases are a growing worldwide problem and one of the major public health threats. We analyzed the spectrum of kidney diseases seen over a five-year period in the nephrology in-patient unit of the Yaounde general hospital. METHODS: This was a retrospective analysis of 225 medical records of patients admitted from January 2005 to December 2009 in the unit with a discharge diagnosis of kidney and urinary tract diseases. The first hospitalization was considered for patients admitted several times for the same disease. Socio-demographic and clinical patient data were recorded. RESULTS: The patients mean age was 44.8±16 years with 135 (60%) males and 211 (93.8%) emergency admissions. All 139 (61.8%) patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) had chronic renal failure. Acute kidney injury (AKI) (28%), nephrotic syndrome (7.6%), renal colic (1.3%) and acute pyelonephritis (1.3%) were other patterns observed. Chronic glomerulonephritis (25.9%), hypertension (22.3%) and diabetes (20.1%) were the main etiological factors of CKD. All AKI patients were in stage RIFLE-F. AKI was secondary to parenchymal (58.7%), functional (25.4%) and obstructive (15.9%) etiologies. Black water fever (36.4%), sepsis (22.7%), drugs (18.2%), eclampsia (13.6%) and herbal concoctions (9.1%) were the etiologies of acute tubular necrosis while enterocolitis (56.2%), heart failure (31.3%) and digestive hemorrhage (12.5%) were the etiologies of functional AKI. CONCLUSION: The clinical pattern of renal diseases is dominated by advanced CKD and AKI secondary to preventable causes. This study suggests a need for an array of actions including sensitization, continuous medical education and strengthening of the health system. The African Field Epidemiology Network 2015-07-20 /pmc/articles/PMC4575702/ /pubmed/26421100 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2015.21.205.5945 Text en © Francois Folefack Kaze et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ The Pan African Medical Journal - ISSN 1937-8688. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Kaze, Francois Folefack Ekokobe, Forbin Elias Halle, Marie Patrice Fouda, Hermine Menanga, Alain Patrick Ashuntantang, Gloria The clinical pattern of renal diseases in the nephrology in-patient unit of the Yaounde General Hospital in Cameroon: a five-year audit |
title | The clinical pattern of renal diseases in the nephrology in-patient unit of the Yaounde General Hospital in Cameroon: a five-year audit |
title_full | The clinical pattern of renal diseases in the nephrology in-patient unit of the Yaounde General Hospital in Cameroon: a five-year audit |
title_fullStr | The clinical pattern of renal diseases in the nephrology in-patient unit of the Yaounde General Hospital in Cameroon: a five-year audit |
title_full_unstemmed | The clinical pattern of renal diseases in the nephrology in-patient unit of the Yaounde General Hospital in Cameroon: a five-year audit |
title_short | The clinical pattern of renal diseases in the nephrology in-patient unit of the Yaounde General Hospital in Cameroon: a five-year audit |
title_sort | clinical pattern of renal diseases in the nephrology in-patient unit of the yaounde general hospital in cameroon: a five-year audit |
topic | Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4575702/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26421100 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2015.21.205.5945 |
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