Long-term survival rates in haemodialysis patients treated with strict volume control
Articles > Article · 2006
Authors: Mehmet ÖZKAHYA, Ercan OK, Hüseyin TÖZ, Gülay AŞCI, Soner DUMAN, ALİ BAŞCI, Timur KÖSE, E. J. DORHOUT MEES
NEPHROLOGY DIALYSIS TRANSPLANTATION, Journal Indexed in SCI Expanded, International, 2006, vol 21, pp 3506-3513
DOI: 10.1093/nst/gfl487
Summary
Methods. We analysed the survival of 218 patients (132 male, 86 female, age 48 +/- 15 years) who were treated in our dialysis units since we adopted the strategy of strict volume control without antihypertensive drugs. The mean observation period was 47 +/- 34 (6-140) months. Follow-up was ended because of death (57 patients), transfer to another center (35 patients), continous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) (15 patients) or transplantation (23 patients), while 88 were still under our treatment at the time of writing.