Acute kidney injury among medical and surgical in-patients in the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital, Cape Coast, Ghana: a prospective cross-sectional study | Zendy

Richard KD Ephraim | Zendy; Yaw Asante Awuku | Zendy; Ignatious Tetteh-Ameh | Zendy; Charles Baffe | Zendy; Godsway Aglagoh | Zendy; Victor A Ogunajo | Zendy; Kizito Owusu-Ansah | Zendy; Prince Adoba | Zendy; Samuel Mawuli Kumordzi | Zendy; Joshua Quarshie | Zendy

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Acute 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 KD Ephraim,

Yaw Asante Awuku,

Ignatious Tetteh-Ameh,

Charles Baffe,

Godsway Aglagoh,

Victor A Ogunajo,

Kizito Owusu-Ansah,

Prince Adoba,

Samuel Mawuli 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.

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