Open AccessAcute kidney injury among medical and surgical in-patients in the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital, Cape Coast, Ghana: a prospective cross-sectional study
Author(s) -
Richard K.D. Ephraim,
Yaw Asante Awuku,
Ignatious Tetteh-Ameh,
Charles Baffe,
Godsway Aglagoh,
Victor A Ogunajo,
Kizito Owusu-Ansah,
Prince Adoba,
Samuel Kumordzi,
Joshua Quarshie
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
african health sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.391
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 1729-0503
pISSN - 1680-6905
DOI - 10.4314/ahs.v21i2.40
Subject(s) - medicine , acute kidney injury , incidence (geometry) , cape , guideline , prospective cohort study , cross sectional study , emergency medicine , physics , archaeology , pathology , optics , history
Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a syndrome associated with high morbidity, mortality and high hospital costs. Despite its adverse clinical and economic effects, only a few studies have reported reliable estimates on the incidence of AKI in sub-Sahara Africa. We assessed the incidence and associated factors of AKI among medical and surgical patients admitted to a tertiary hospital in Ghana.