The aethiology of chrinoc kidney disease in Maiduguri, Nigeria.

Abstract

aetiology of chronic kidney disease among haemodialysis requiring patients in the university of Maiduguri teaching hospital. Nigeria. Method: a cross sectional study of one hundred patients with 5 chronic kidney failure requiring haemodialysis at the university of Maiduguri teaching hospital between January and December 2005. Their demographic data clinical features aetiology of the CKD and laboratory data were recorded using a questionnaire administered by the investigations. Result there were 68 males (68%) and 32 females (32%) with most of the patients (58%) in their 3 and 4 decades of life. Majority (21%) were from Maiduguri metropolitan. The aetiology of CKD was hypertension I 35% chronic demographics in 28% and diabetes in 12% of the study population but in 8% of the cases of CKD could not be ascertained, thus regarded as unclassified. Conclusion: hypertension and Gn were the causes of CDK in this environment gashua   town of yobe state has a very high CKD prevalence rate. The reasons for this need to be investigated.