Diabetic nephropathy. Experiences through seven years. Survival curves and causes of death.
A 7-year material is presented comprising 38 diabetic nephropathy patients who were treated by dialysis and transplantation. The cumulative patient survival rate after one year is 39%. The survival rate of the transplanted diabetic patient is poorer than that of the transplanted non-diabetic patient. However, no difference is to be found between the graft survival rates of the two patient groups. Forty-seven percent of the patients died from cardiovascular causes and 43% from infectious complications.
D000328:Adult; D003928:Diabetic Nephropathies / Q000401:mortality* / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous