| pubmed-article:8865886 | pubmed:abstractText | Clinical data and outcomes of 18 patients, aged 80 or older, on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) during the last five years were reviewed. There were 12 males and 6 females, with a mean age of 85 (range 82-91 years) and median duration on CAPD of 31.5 months (range 2-58 months). End-stage renal disease was caused by nephrosclerosis in 9, diabetes mellitus and light chain disease in 2 each, and chronic glomerulonephritis, membranous nephropathy, and IgA nephropathy in 1 each, with the cause unknown in yet another 2 patients. Hypertension and angina were the commonest comorbid conditions observed. Peritonitis episodes occurred one per 10.8 patient-months, and necessitated catheter removal in 7 patients and reinsertion in 6 of them. Fourteen episodes of exit-site infections were seen in 8 patients, 2 developed pericatheter leak, and 1 had tunnel infection. Nine patients are continuing CAPD successfully, with a median duration of 29 months (range 11-57 months). One patient was transferred to hemodialysis, and 8 died. The causes of death were peritonitis (3/8), cerebrovascular accident (2/8), pneumonia (1/8), and septicemia (1/8), with the cause not known in 1 patient. Our survival rate of 80% at three years is encouraging, and we advocate CAPD as a successful alternative treatment modality in octogenarians. | lld:pubmed |
