Abstract
The causes of death in 84 end-stage renal failure patients, treated with dialysis, who died during a 66-month period were reviewed retrospectively. Cardiac and infectious diseases were the main cause of death (27% each). These two constituted 44% of causes of death in hemodialysis and 75% in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis patients. Malignant disease (7%) and hyperkalemia (5%) were responsible for death only in hemodialysis patients. Patients who died following hyperkalemia were younger than 50 years old. Patients who died from malignant disease were dialyzed for more than 3 years. In summary, the mode of dialysis therapy, age at start of therapy, time on dialysis, and previous cardiac disease may play a role in determining the causes of death in dialysis patients.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 776-779 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Israel Journal of Medical Sciences |
Volume | 28 |
Issue number | 11 |
State | Published - 1992 |
Keywords
- Cardiac disease
- Dialysis
- Infectious disease
- Mortality
- Renal disease