[Hundred-years-old patient on maintenance hemodialysis--case report].
Along with increasing mean age of dialyzed patients one begins to ask whether old age may be a factor influencing the decision concerning dialysis treatment. We are presenting a case concerning female patient that initiated hemodialysis at the age 99 and continued treatment for the following 18 months. After this observation period, the medical team agreed that the decision to initiate dialysis therapy in this patient positively influenced her quality of life in regard to her daily needs. The presented case proves that rationing access to dialysis treatment in regard to age would not have been appropriate.
Katedra i Klinika Nefrologii, Uniwersytet Jagielloński, Collegium Medicum, Kraków. wladsul@mp.pl
Jerzy
J
Kopeć
Władysław
W
Sułowicz
D000367:Age Factors; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D015276:Health Care Rationing; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000628:therapy*; D011788:Quality of Life; D006435:Renal Dialysis