The team evaluated the health records, from 2010 to 2018, of 20,440 patients (98% of them men) from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. The patients were 65 and older, had chronic kidney ...

References: Montez de Sousa IR, Bonthuis M, Kramer A, et al. Adult outcomes of childhood kidney replacement therapy in Europe from 2008 to 2019: an ERA Registry study. Nephrol Dial Transplant ...

Stopping dialysis is possible, but it may shorten a person’s life expectancy, often significantly. Depending on their kidney function, the individual may continue to live anywhere from several ...

The life expectancy for a person receiving dialysis is around 5–10 years, though many live for 20–30 years. People who receive a donor kidney from a living donor tend to go 15–20 years ...

You will need to think about which kind of dialysis you will want, as there are different types available. The other option, a kidney transplant, is when you find a donor who gives you a healthy ...

Montez Rath is the lead author on a study about dialysis, life expectancy and time at home to be published in Annals of Internal Medicine. Manjula Tamura , MD, a professor of nephrology, is the ...

Kidney disease without a low GFR is considered stage 1; stage 2 is mild, ranging from 60-89; stage 3a and 3b range from 30-59; stage 4 ranges from 15-29; and stage 5 is end-stage renal failure with a ...

Effect of Starting Dialysis Versus Continuing Medical Management on Survival and Home Time in Older Adults With Kidney Failure. Annals of Internal Medicine , 2024; DOI: 10.7326/M23-3028 Cite This ...