Peritoneal dialysis for acute kidney injury in sub-Saharan Africa: Challenges faced and lessons learned at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre

Kidney International

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 331-333

  Callegari, John G ^a,b   Kilonzo, Kajiru G ^c   Yeates, Karen E ^d   Handelman, Garry J ^e   Finkelstein, Fredric O ^f,g   Kotanko, Peter ^a,b   Levin, Nathan W ^a,b   Carter, Mary ^a,b  

^a Sustainable Kidney Care Foundation   (United States)

^b RENAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL CENTRE   (Tanzania)

^d QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^f YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g HOSPITAL OF SAINT RAPHAEL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISORDERS OF ACID BASE BALANCE; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NEPHROLOGIST; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PERITONITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS;

ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; ADULT; CHILD; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HUMANS; MALE; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; TANZANIA;

EID: 84856478449     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: 15231755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ki.2011.408     Document Type: Article

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