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Table 4 Indication for dialysis of AKI patients, SPHMMC, Addis Ababa, May 2015

From: Clinical profile and outcome of patients with acute kidney injury requiring dialysis—an experience from a haemodialysis unit in a developing country

Dialysis indicationa

Frequency (Percent)

Yes

No

Refractory Fluid Overload

135 (89.4 %)

16 (10.6 %)

Uremic signs and symptoms

93 (61.6 %)

58 (38.4 %)

Hyperkalemia

44 (29.1 %)

107 (70.9 %)

Metabolic Acidosis

14 (9.3 %)

137 (90.7 %)

  1. aSum is more than 100 % as most patients had more than one indication for dialysis
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BMC Nephrology

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