Research Article
Haemodialysis in the Octogenarian: More Than a Decade of Experience from a Single UK Centre
Table 3
Aetiology of end stage renal disease.
| | Overall cohort () | Survived <90 days () | Survived >90 days () |
| Uncertain aetiology | 59 (42.4%) | 18 (42.9%) | 41 (42.3%) | Obstructive uropathy | 14 (10.1%) | 6 (14.3%) | 8 (8.3%) | Diabetic nephropathy | 11 (7.9%) | 4 (9.6%) | 7 (7.3%) | Renovascular disease | 19 (13.7%) | 5 (11.9%) | 14 (14.4%) | Multiple myeloma | 7 (5.0%) | 3 (7.1%) | 4 (4.1%) | Amyloidosis | 4 (2.9%) | 3 (7.1%) | 1 (1.0%) | Glomerulonephritis/vasculitis | 14 (10.1%) | 3 (7.1%) | 11 (11.3%) | Other | 11 (7.9%) | 0 | 11 (11.3%) |
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Other conditions include the following: pyelonephritis (); nephrectomy (); polycystic kidney disease (); interstitial nephritis (); acute tubular necrosis (); and renal hypoplasia ().
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