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Table 1 Clinical and biological characteristics of the study population

From: Epidemiology and outcomes of children with renal failure in the pediatric ward of a tertiary hospital in Cameroon

Variables

Median age (months) (IQR)

84 (15–144)

Male gender n (%)

64 (62.1)

Herbal concoctions n (%)

24 (23.3)

Urine flow rate n = 80

 Anuria n (%)

55 (68.8)

 Oliguria n (%)

7 (8.8)

 Conserved n (%)

18 (17.5)

Urine Dipstick (n = 76)

 Proteinuria n (%)

  1+

26 (34.2)

  2+

18 (23.7)

  3+

17 (22.4)

 Hematuria n (%)

57 (75)

 Leukocyturia n (%)

31 (40.8)

Clinical n (%)

 Asthenia

91 (88.3)

 Anorexia

85 (85.2)

 Pallor

88 (85.4)

 Edema

40 (38.8)

 Vomiting

39 (37.9)

 Dyspnoea

28 (27.2)

 Diarrhoea

24 (23.3)

 Coma

19 (18.4)

 Obnubilation/drowsiness

16 (15.5)

 Agitation

11(10.7)

Biology (Mean ± ET)

 Urea

2.14 ± 1.38

 Creatinine

77.36 ± 82.01

 Hemoglobin

7.68 ± 2.42

 Natremia

132.32 ± 16.29

 Kaliemia

4.96 ± 1.46