Translations:Chronic kidney disease/43/en

Survival without dialysis

In a review from 2022 survival and quality of life was investigated in patients who had decided against dialysis treatment when reaching end-stage chronic kidney disease. 41 longitudinal studies (cohort studies) with a total of 5.102 patients were evaluated. The mean age of patients per study was 60 – 87 years. The mean estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) at the time of decision per study was 7 – 19 ml/min pro 1,73 m².