Regular haemodialysis in Barbados: the first five years

ABSTRACT

The first five years' experience of a small, Caribbean, hospital-based haemodialysis unit is reviewed with particular reference to the aetiology of end-stage renal failure (ESRF), complications of therapy, causes of death and the factors influencing rehabilitation. Malignant hypertension evolved as an important cause of ESRF, accounting for 42 percent of cases among Black Barbadians on the dialysis programme (AU)