Survival pattern of hemodialysis patients in Kumasi, Ghana: A summary of forty patients initiated on hemodialysis at a new hemodialysis unit

Hemodialysis International

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 467-471

  Eghan, Benjamin A ^a,b   Amoako Atta, Kwabena ^b   Kankam, Charity Ama ^c   Nsiah Asare, Anthony ^b  

^a KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^b KOMFO ANOKYE TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Ghana)

^c St Vincent Charity Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Ghana; Hemodialysis; Mortality; Survival; West Africa

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL KIDNEY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PREDICTION; RECYCLING; SEPTICEMIA; SURVIVAL RATE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TREATMENT DURATION; VASCULAR ACCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RENAL DIALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350525266     PISSN: 14927535     EISSN: 15424758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-4758.2009.00379.x     Document Type: Article

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