TY  - JOUR
T1  - HEmodialysis in the eighth and ninth decades of life
AU  - Chester A, Rakowski TA, Argy WP, Jr, Giacalone A, Schreiner GE
Y1  - 1979/09/01
N1  - 10.1001/archinte.1979.03630460037014
JO  - Archives of Internal Medicine
SP  - 1001
EP  - 1005
VL  - 139
IS  - 9
N2  - In a review of 45 patients who started receiving hemodialysis (HD) after the age of 70 years (mean, 75 years), compared with a control of 70 HD patients (mean age, 42 years), the two-year survival for elderly patients was 42% and 58% for controls. In the elderly group, age did not correlate with survival. Nine elderly patients were over 80 years old and had a two-year survival of 41%. The elderly patients had a significantly lower mean predialysis blood pressure (BP) (142/73 ± 3/1 mm Hg) than the controls (158/88 ± 2/1 mm Hg) (P <.001). Only 13% of the elderly patients received antihypertensive medication, compared with 41% of controls (P <.01). The BP showed a significant negative correlation with age in both elderly (r = -.41, P <.01) and control (r = -.35, P <.001) patients. Glomerulonephritis was less common in the elderly (9%) than control (31%) groups, and pyelonephritis was more common (29% vs 16%).(Arch Intern Med 139:1001-1005, 1979)
SN  - 0003-9926
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archinte.1979.03630460037014
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinte.1979.03630460037014
ER  -