Ascites in patients undergoing intermittent haemodialysis at Kenyatta National Hospital
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1991Author
McLigeyo, SO
Otieno, L S
Kinuthia, D M
Mwongera, F K
Ongeri, S K
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In a two-year-period (August 1984 to August 1986), 77 patients were admitted into the maintenance haemodialysis programme at Kenyatta National Hospital. 24 (31.5%) of these had ascites during haemodialysis. Nine (37.5%) of the patients who had ascites had prior peritoneal dialysis, while 15 (62.5%) had congestive cardiac failure at the time of development of the ascites. In 21 (87.5%), the ascites responded to therapy with diuretics, salt and fluid restriction, antibiotics when indicated and to ultrafiltration during dialysis. In 3 (12.5%) of the patients, the ascites developed in the absence of any predisposing cause. The ascites progressively increased in amount and was associated with marked wasting. These patients were considered to have refractory ascites of haemodialysis.
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1813302
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McLigeyo SO, Otieno LS, Kinuthia DM, Mwongera FK, Ongeri SK.Ascites in patients undergoing intermittent haemodialysis at Kenyatta National Hospital. East Afr Med J. 1991 Oct;68(10):789-94., O, Prof. Mcligeyo Seth East African Medical Journal (68(11): 841-843, 1991., (1991)Publisher
University of Nairobi Faculty of medicine
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