Table 3 Treatment modalities for 139 ESRD patients on maintenance haemodialysis in Addis Ababa Ethiopia, from January 1st 2016 to December 31st 2020
From: Mortality in hemodialysis patients in Ethiopia: a retrospective follow-up study in three centers
Variables | Characteristic | Frequency | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|
Frequency of dialysis session/week | Twice | 15 | 10.8 |
Three | 124 | 89.2 | |
Duration of dialysis per session | Three hours | 5 | 3.6 |
Three and half hours | 13 | 9.4 | |
Four hours | 121 | 87 | |
Types of vascular access | Catheter | 50 | 36 |
Arteriovenous fistula | 88 | 63.3 | |
Arteriovenous graft | 1 | 0.7 | |
Cause of CKD | Hypertension | 67 | 48.2 |
Diabetes mellitus | 9 | 6.5 | |
Glomerulonephritis | 9 | 6.5 | |
Renal stone | 3 | 2.2 | |
Unknown | 51 | 36.6 | |
Blood transfusion | Yes | 24 | 17.3 |
No | 115 | 82.7 | |
EPO treatment | Yes | 124 | 89.2 |
No | 15 | 10.8 | |
Cause of death (n = 24) | Cardiovascular disease | 5 | 3.6 |
Infection | 5 | 3.6 | |
Uremic complication | 1 | 0.7 | |
Sudden death | 6 | 4.3 | |
Hyperkalemia | 1 | 0.7 | |
Cardiac arrest | 2 | 1.4 | |
Others | 4 | 2.8 |