Outcome of Acute Kidney Injury in Sudanese Children — An Experience from a Sub-Saharan African Unit

Abstract

♦ Background: Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in developing countries. Although continuous renal replacement therapy is gaining more popularity worldwide, peritoneal dialysis (PD) in children remains an appropriate therapy for AKI in children for all age groups including neonates.

Characteristics and outcome of hemolytic uremic syndrome in Sudanese children in a single Centre in Khartoum State

“…This could be due to misdiagnosis or underreporting of cases at secondary care levels. However, in a recent report HUS was an important cause of AKI (8%) [19]. In this study, males were predominantly affected and D+ patients were younger than D− which is similar to other studies [20][21][22].…”

Peritoneal Dialysis, Acute Kidney Injury, and the Saving Young Lives Program

“…Abdelraheem et al review their experience at a specialized pediatric dialysis facility at Soba Hospital in Khartoum, Sudan, of 343 children with AKI receiving PD therapy (9). Nephrologists in the Sudan are a well organized community with several years' experience with PD therapy (11).…”

Local solutions save young lives

“…Of note, these rates are not dissimilar to those previously reported with use of peritoneal dialysis in this region of the world. 7,8 The proportion of patients who developed peritonitis was identical in both groups at 16%, which is impressively low given that patients received on average 52 dialysate exchanges each.…”