title: Thirty years survivor on hemodialysis: a case report.
abstract: Hemodialysis is a widely performed and safe procedure; therefore, the numbers of long-term survivors on hemodialysis therapy have been increasing. We present a woman who had been on uninterrupted hemodialysis for 30 years and did well for much of her time on hemodialysis, despite a long-standing uneven course. The literature of extremely long-lived patients on un-interrupted hemodialysis is reviewed and the clinical characteristics and complications encountered in these patients are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Kyanous Stavros Patron Dialysis Unit, Patras, Greece, .
authors.forename: Konstantina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Triga
authors.forename: Periklis
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dousdampanis
authors.forename: Stamatina
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Aggelakou-Vaitsi
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gellner
mesh_terms: D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011788:Quality of Life; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000009:adverse effects; D051436:Renal Insufficiency, Chronic / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D017741:Survivors / Q000523:psychology; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome