Author/Authors :
Beladi Mousavi, Seifollah ahvaz jundishapur university of medical sciences - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Internal Medicine, اهواز, ايران , Hayati, Fatemeh ahvaz jundishapur university of medical sciences - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Internal Medicine, اهواز, ايران , Alemzadeh Ansari, Mohammad Javad ahvaz jundishapur university of medical sciences - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Internal Medicine, اهواز, ايران , Valavi, Ehsan ahvaz jundishapur university of medical sciences - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Internal Medicine, اهواز, ايران , Cheraghian, Bahman ahvaz jundishapur university of medical sciences - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Internal Medicine, اهواز, ايران , Shahbazian, Heshmatollah ahvaz jundishapur university of medical sciences - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Internal Medicine, اهواز, ايران , Golzari, Khadijeh ahvaz jundishapur university of medical sciences - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Internal Medicine, اهواز, ايران , Ghorbani, Ali ahvaz jundishapur university of medical sciences - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Internal Medicine, اهواز, ايران , Rashidi, Homira ahvaz jundishapur university of medical sciences - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Internal Medicine, اهواز, ايران , Payami, Peyman ahvaz jundishapur university of medical sciences - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Internal Medicine, اهواز, ايران , Ghaderian, Bahman ahvaz jundishapur university of medical sciences - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Internal Medicine, اهواز, ايران , Eideni, Esmaeel ahvaz jundishapur university of medical sciences - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Internal Medicine, اهواز, ايران
Abstract :
We analyzed survival of 185 adult patients on maintenancehemodialysis (9 h/wk to 12 h/wk) at Emam Khomini Hospital inAhvaz, Iran. Patient survival at 1, 3, and 5 years was 89.2%, 69.2%,and 46.8%, respectively. There was no significant difference betweendiabetic and nondiabetic patients in 1-year survival (87.1% versus89.7%, P = .66). But, 3- and 5-year survival rates of diabetic patientswere significantly lower than those of nondiabetic patients (52.2%versus 73.8%, P = .04; zero versus 56.9%, P .001; respectively).Based on our findings, the survival of diabetic patients undergoinghemodialysis was much worse than survival of nondiabeticpatients. Thus, prevention of diabetic nephropathy should bemore emphasized; and if end-stage renal disease is present, otherrenal replacement therapies such as kidney transplantation mustbe considered as soon as possible.
Keywords :
diabetic nephropathy , end , stage renal disease , hemodialysis , survival
