Long-term survival in haemodialysis patients.
Survival rates and causes of death were analysed for 177 patients who started dialysis between 1970 and 1975. 99 patients survived 5 years of treatment, and at this stage 74 had functioning transplants; thereafter, only 4 changed between treatment by dialysis and transplantation. For patients surviving for 5 years those treated by dialysis and those treated by transplantation had a similar probability (+/- standard error) of surviving to 10 years (0.84 +/- 0.07 v 0.82 +/- 0.04), but the probability of surviving to 15 years was lower for dialysis patients than for transplant patients (0.31 +/- 0.14 v 0.63 +/- 0.08; p less than 0.05). Infection, particularly with Staphylococcus aureus, was an important cause of late mortality in dialysis patients.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000401:mortality; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011336:Probability; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000401:mortality*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000401:mortality; D013997:Time Factors