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Factors Leading to Increased Mortality in ESRF
Author(s) -
Khan I.H.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
edtna‐erca journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.381
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 1755-6686
pISSN - 1019-083X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-6686.2000.tb00083.x
Subject(s) - renal replacement therapy , medicine , dialysis , comorbidity , intensive care medicine , disease , stage (stratigraphy) , end stage renal disease , referral , mortality rate , malnutrition , transplantation , paleontology , family medicine , biology
Summary End‐stage renal disease is a condition, which can only be treated with renal replacement therapy, in the form of dialysis and transplantation. Despite great technological advances in the field of renal replacement therapy, mortality among patients remains very high. A variety of factors are responsible for the increased mortality in end‐stage renal disease despite treatment. These have been classified in this review into those that are patient related and those, which can be modified by treatment. Age, comorbidity, malnutrition and pattern of referral of patients with end‐stage renal disease are the major associations of adverse survival in renal replacement therapy.