title: Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis and haemodialysis in the elderly.
abstract: The clinical course and outcome of 58 patients receiving haemodialysis or continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis aged 65 years and above at the start of dialysis treatment was examined over a six-year period. Method of presentation and mode of treatment did not affect survival, but the presence of ischaemic heart disease or congestive cardiac failure was significantly associated with increased mortality. The actuarial two-year patient survival was 54 per cent. Survival on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis was 75 per cent, and the incidence of peritonitis was one episode per 7.36 patient-treatment months. The mean duration of hospital admission was 57.2 days per patient year for continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis, and 19.9 days per patient year for haemodialysis patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology and Transplantation, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield.
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Nicholl
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: el Nahas
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Moorhead
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Plant
authors.forename: C B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Brown
mesh_terms: D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000628:therapy; D000368:Aged; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000150:complications; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D010531:Peritoneal Dialysis, Continuous Ambulatory / Q000401:mortality; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000401:mortality; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013997:Time Factors