Attributable causes of chronic kidney disease in adults: a five-year retrospective study in a tertiary-care hospital in the northeast of the Malaysian Peninsula

• Main Authors: Salman, Muhammad, Hayat Khan, Amer, Adnan, Azreen Syazril, Syed Sulaiman, Syed Azhar, Hussain, Khalid, Shehzadi, Naureen, Jummaat, Fauziah
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Associação Paulista de Medicina 2015
• Subjects: RG Gynecology and obstetrics; RS1-441 Pharmacy and materia medica
• Online Access: http://eprints.usm.my/38376/1/Attributable_causes_of_chronic_kidney_disease_in_adults.pdf; http://eprints.usm.my/38376/; https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26760124
• Institution: Universiti Sains Malaysia

CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is an escalating medical and socioeconomic problem worldwide. Information concerning the causes of CKD, which is a prerequisite for reducing the disease burden, is sparse in Malaysia. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the attributable cause...