SURVIVAL IN ELDERLY PATIENTS PRESENTING WITH UREMIA

  • 1 January 1984
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 53  (210) , 301-307
Abstract
A retrospective study was made of 93 patients aged 60 yr or greater presenting with renal failure between 1976 and 1981 to assess survival and analyze the factors influencing it. Two-year survival of 28 patients with acute renal failure was 50% and of 65 patients with chronic renal failure it was 40%. Higher initial plasma urea and creatinine values and increasing age had a significantly adverse effect on survival. Patients requiring dialysis likewise fared less well although only 1 patient succumbed as a direct result of the dialysis procedure. A worthwhile survival in both acute and chronic renal failure is revealed even though during the period under consideration long-term dialysis of patients in this age group with terminal chronic renal failure was rarely undertaken.