| Theme | PD for elderly patients -- current status of "assisted PD" and its future perspective in Japan | |
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| Title | Patient survival on peritoneal dialysis and hemodialysis : domestic and international data | |
| Publish Date | 2016/09 | |
| Author | Hiroshi Morinaga | Department of Medical Informatics, Okayama University Hospital |
| [ Summary ] | According to the 2014 report from the Japanese Society for Dialysis Therapy, the five-year survival rate for dialysis patients is approximately 60 %, while the rate for peritoneal dialysis-related peritonitis is 57.1 patient-months per episode. Among the participants in the Peritoneal Dialysis Registry-Cohort study, patients ≥ 65 years with the number of 113, possess a five-year survival rate of 67.5%. Conversely, in other prominent registries of patients abroad, undergoing HD or PD, the five-year survival rate is 40-50 % or 50-60 %, respectively. Whether PD is superior to HD regarding prognosis in elderly patients is still controversial. Additionally, social factors may have some impact on the cause of death. |
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