Introduction: Mineral bone disorders (BMD) are almost constant complications in chron-ic hemodialysis patients. The objective of our study was to determine the prevalence and profiles of BMD in chronic hemodialysis ...

Introduction. L’objectif de ce travail était de déterminer la prévalence de l’hémodialyse en situation d’urgence, les indications, les profils cliniques, paracliniques, évolutifs et le devenir des patients. ...

Renal biopsy (RB) is poorly performed in sub-Saharan Africa. It is even less practiced in the elderly. The objective of this study was to determine the indications of RB in the elderly and ...

We describe two cases of impaired secondary renal function to a Carapa Procera taking as part of traditional treatment in Ziguinchor, southern Senegal. The certain or suspected toxicity of Carapa Procera is little ...

L’objectif de ce travail était de faire un état des lieux de l’hémodialyse chronique pédiatrique au Sénégal ; Il s’agissait d’une enquête transversale descriptive et analytique concernant tous les centres publics ayant ...

Tout patient ayant une maladie chronique, nécessitant des prélèvements sanguins répétés ou des traitements par voie veineuse, susceptible d’évoluer vers l’insuffisance rénale chronique, doit bénéficier d’une stratégie ...

Elderly hemodialysis patients particularly suffer from protein-energy wasting syndrome due to age-related physiological changes. We carried out an observational study from 1 to 30 April 2016 ...

Introduction: Intradialytic hypertension is defined as elevation of blood pressure to more than 10 mmHg in the post-dialysis period as compared to the pre-dialysis one. It is an important factor of morbidity and mortality ...

Background: Crescentic extra-capillary glomerulonephritis (ECGN) is a diagnostic and therapeutic emergency. In black Africans, little data are available on this lesion. This study aimed at determining the clinical/biological ...

Nephrotic syndrome occurs very rarely during pregnancy, involving about 0.012 to 0.025% of all pregnancies. We present a rare case of nephrotic syndrome at the 35th week of pregnancy. The patient was referred to the ...