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State of Renal Replacement Therapy Services in Ghana

Author(s) -

Sampson Antwi

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

blood purification

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.686

H-Index - 57

eISSN - 1421-9735

pISSN - 0253-5068

DOI - 10.1159/000368942

Subject(s) - renal replacement therapy , medicine , peritoneal dialysis , transplantation , kidney disease , dialysis , general partnership , kidney transplantation , intensive care medicine , finance , business

Renal replacement therapy (RRT) in the form of dialysis and kidney transplantation is a life-saving intervention for patients with kidney disease in failure for both acute and chronic cases. Ghana is an emerging economy in West Africa with close to 27 million people. The limited data that is available indicates a significant burden of kidney disease in Ghana. I analyzed the state of RRT in Ghana in this report.

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