Morbidity and mortality of elderly patients 12 months after starting chronic hemodialysis

Methods: The study period was from 2009 to 2013. During this period, a total of 266 patients over the age of 70 started HD. We excluded patients with acute renal failure, and included patients who were alive and still requiring HD 90 days after dialysis start. The number of patients who met the above criteria was 129. Details of hospitalizations, dialysis access type, and comorbidities were taken from medical records. The Davis comorbidity score was used to classify comorbidities. Patients were divided into those between 70 and 80 years of age (group 1) and those over the age of 80 (group 2).