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Acute peritoneal dialysis adequacy among children at a national referral hospital in Kenya: a cross-sectional study in a resource-limited setting

Key takeaways

Doctors at Kenya's national referral hospital checked whether children getting emergency peritoneal dialysis, which cleans the blood using fluid in the belly, actually got enough of it. It is a snapshot of care at one hospital with limited supplies and staff. A snapshot like this shows what is happening, not why, so it cannot prove what caused good or poor treatment. It matters because it shows how far real dialysis care can fall short of the standard.

Who did this work

Doreen Nganga (University of Nairobi) · Bashir Admani (University of Nairobi) · Dalton Wamalwa (3661483) (University of Nairobi) · Cyriaque Mbarubukeye (University of Nairobi)

Source

Paper · OpenAlex, Kidney disease concept sweep (verified C2778653478) · 2026-08-31
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12882-026-05338-6