ICU journal
Clear answers about critical care and kidney health.
Practical guides for patients, families and referring clinicians on intensive care, dialysis, kidney disease and the decisions that often need to be made quickly in a Lagos hospital.
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Transferring a critically ill patient between hospitals in Lagos
What has to be arranged before a patient moves, what to ask the receiving hospital, and why the transfer itself is the most dangerous part of the journey.
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Sepsis: why the first hours decide the outcome
What sepsis actually is, why it kills so quickly, the signs that should send someone to hospital immediately, and what a good hospital does in the first sixty minutes.
14 August 2026
Kidney failure in Nigeria: the point at which dialysis becomes necessary
How kidney function is measured, what the five stages mean, and the specific findings that turn dialysis from a future possibility into this week's decision.
7 August 2026
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