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 ...

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 ...

A 2013 study noted that textbooks often report life expectancy following stopping dialysis for end stage renal disease as 7–10 days. However, the study also noted that some other studies found ...

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 ...

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 ...

Patients on maintenance dialysis in Taiwan were employed for fewer years during their lifetime than individuals from the general population without kidney failure. Yu-Tzu Chang, MD, PhD, of ...

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 ...

Many patients with kidney failure regret initiating dialysis Discussing life expectancy and completing a living will may lessen likelihood of experiencing regret ...