Causes of chronic renal failure in hemodialysis unit : a single center experience in Yemen

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This cross-sectional study was carried out to determine the possible causes of chronic renal failure (CRF) in Ibn Sina Teaching Hospital (ISTH) in Hadramout, Yemen.

Fifty-one CRF patients (29 men and 22 women) on regular hemodialysis were included in the study.

Glomerulonephritis (25.4 %) was the commonest cause of CRF, followed by obstructive nephropathy (13.7 %), hypertension (11.8 %), pyelonephrits (11.8 %), diabetic nephropathy (7.8 %), arthritis, malaria, vasculitis and postpartum hemorrhage (5.9 % each) and the least common one was Alport's syndrome (3.9 %).

There were more men than women (57 % and 43 %, respectively).

The mean age range of the patients was 42 years.

More patients were the from coast of Mukalla than from the valley and desert (59 % and 41 %) respectively.