Pathobiology and Functional Status of Long-Term Hemodialysis Patients

1 January 1995

journal article
research article
Published by S. Karger AG in American Journal of Nephrology

Vol. 15 (5) , 379-385
https://doi.org/10.1159/000168870

Abstract

There may be cumulative ‘metabolic scars’ after a decade or more of long-term hemodialysis. We studied 39 patients who have been on maintenance hemodialysis for 10-24 years to determine their functional status and pathobiology. The 39 long-term ( > 10 years) patients were compared with a control cohort of 37 age-, gender-, race-, and renal-diagnosis-matched patients on hemodialysis for

Keywords

END-STAGE RENAL DISEASE, COMORBIDITY
HEMATOCRIT
HEMODIALYSIS PATIENTS, EMPLOYMENT STATUS
HOSPITALIZATION, DIALYSIS PATIENTS
INFECTIONS, DIALYSIS PATIENTS
KARNOFSKY SCALE, MODIFIED
LONG-TERM HEMODIALYSIS PATIENTS, FUNCTIONAL STATUS
SERUM ALBUMIN
SERUM CREATININE
VASCULAR ACCESS

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