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A Murine Model of Hemodialysis Access-Related Hand Dysfunction
Published on: May 31, 2022
Complications observed in older new haemodialysis patients in Taiwan
Feng-Chi Kuo1, Chin-Ling Chiang, Shih-Yi Lee
1Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taitung Branch, Taitung, Taiwan.
Aim:
We aimed to evaluate the impacts of heomodialysis (HD) in older patients, and potential consequences of adverse events for health insurance costs.
Methods:
Two hundred and fifty-five new patients (130 were younger than 65 years and 125 were older than 65 years) who had received conventional HD for at least 1 year were reviewed.
Results:
Older patients had significantly more arteriovenous (AV) shunt failures (0.7 ± 0.1 vs 0.4 ± 0.07, P = 0.006) and hospitalisations (0.8 ± 0.1 vs 0.4 ± 0.09, P = 0.03) than younger ones. Stepwise multivariate linear regression analysis showed that AV shunt failure was an independent risk factor for hospitalisation.
Conclusions:
The relatively high risk of AV shunt failures and hospitalisation in older patients highlights the additional expenditure on HD required in terms of health insurance.
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