Paediatric Acute Kidney Injury in a Tertiary Hospital in Nigeria: Prevalence, Causes and Mortality Rate

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Esezobor, Christopher Imokhuede ^a,b   Ladapo, Taiwo Augustina ^b   Osinaike, Babayemi ^b   Lesi, Foluso Ebun Afolabi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

^b LAGOS UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; INFANT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MORTALITY; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; NIGERIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOGENESIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEPSIS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; RENAL DIALYSIS; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS;

EID: 84870865006     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0051229     Document Type: Article

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