Introduction: Chronic Kidney Disease mortality is still increasing every year. Hemodialysis is the basis for chronic end-stage renal disease management in Benin. Purpose: To study the survival of hemodialysis patients at the Departmental Teaching Hospital of Borgou and Alibori (CHUD-B/A) from 2016 to 2021. Methods: We performed a cohort study with retrospective data collection on 104 hemodialysis patients during the study period. Data was recorded on the KoBo Toolbox platform and analyzed with SPSS 26 software. Survival was performed using the Kaplan-Meier method. Results: The median survival time for hemodialysis patients was 3 months with a mean survival time of 7.4 ± 1.3 months. The overall mortality rate was 78.9%. Predictors of mortality in hemodialysis patients were occupational status (p=0.027), underlying kidney injury (p=0.010), associated cirrhosis (p=0.019), type of vascular access (p=0.006), and duration of hemodialysis sessions (p=0.044). Conclusion: Survival of hemodialysis patients in CHUD-B/A is low. Efforts to prevent cardiovascular risk factors minimize infectious complications and free dialysis could improve the survival of hemodialysis patients.
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