title: [Chronic kidney failure in Togo: clinical, laboratory, and etiological aspects].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Determine clinical, laboratory, and etiological aspects of chronic kidney failure (CKF) in Togo.
  
  
  METHODS
  This retrospective study was focused on the 11-year period from 1st January 1995 to 31st December 2005. Review was carried out on the medical files of 398 patients hospitalized for CKF in various departments of Lomé-Tokoin University Hospital. For lack of kidney biopsy findings, nephropathy was classified on the basis of semiological criteria.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Male predominance with a sex ratio of 1.34 was noted. Mean age was 42.6 years. Most patients presented extrarenal signs including hematological changes (94.5%), digestive tube manifestations (68.3%), and cardiovascular disease (55%). Most patients (75.5%) had end-stage disease with creatinine clearance below 10 ml/min. Ultrasound demonstrated stage III kidney damage in 42.8% of cases. Chronic glomerulonephritis (40.2%) was the main etiology, followed by chronic interstitial kidney failure (20.9%) and nephroangioscerosis (17.6%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The clinical and laboratory presentation of CKF in Togo is unremarkable but has a rich semiological background.
authors.affiliation: Centre hospitalier universitaire de Lomé Tokoin, Service de cardiologie, néphrologie et hémodialyse, Lomé, Togo. macskat78@yahoo.fr
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Sabi
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Gnionsahe
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Amedegnato
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D014037:Togo