Premium
Survival of Patients on Chronic Hemodialysis: Single Center Experience
Author(s) -
M Polenakovik,
Aleksandar Šikole,
Nikola Stojcev,
Goce Spasovski,
Vili Amitov,
V. Nikolov,
G Masin,
H Klinkmann
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
artificial organs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.684
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1525-1594
pISSN - 0160-564X
DOI - 10.1046/j.1525-1594.1999.06291.x
Subject(s) - medicine , hemodialysis , survival rate , mortality rate , surgery , kidney disease , diabetic nephropathy , dialysis , renal replacement therapy , kidney
Patient survival from our hemodialysis (HD) center over the past 11 years was analyzed. Four hundred four patients, 212 female and 192 male, were treated by chronic intermittent HD. Patients were offered standard acetate‐cellulosic membranes of 1.0–1.3 m 2 . During this period 181 patients died. One hundred three patients were transferred to other HD centers, and some were transplanted. One hundred twenty patients are still on HD treatment. The 5 year survival rate of patients treated in our center was 58%. Women lived longer than men, and age correlated significantly with survival rate. Patients with chronic glomerulonephritis and adult polycystic kidney disease had the best survival rates while diabetic patients and those with post hypertensive nephropathy had the poorest survival rates. Forty‐four percent of patients had a cardiac related cause of death, cerebrovascular accident was the cause in 15%, and 11 % died due to septic condition (infection) while 8% died due to liver disease.