Dialysis by the book? Treatment of renal failure in a 101-year-old patient
| Autor: | Ezra Gabbay, Linda Shavit, Moshe Hersch, Lev Shmuelevitz, Yigal Helviz, Itzchak Slotki, Henry Shapiro |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Exacerbation medicine.medical_treatment elderly law.invention renal insufficiency Oliguria law medicine medical futility Intensive care medicine Dialysis Geriatrics Transplantation Clinical Report business.industry medicine.disease Comorbidity Intensive care unit haemodialysis Nephrology Clinical Cases Hemodialysis medicine.symptom business Kidney disease |
| Zdroj: | Clinical Kidney Journal |
| ISSN: | 2048-8505 |
| Popis: | While dialysis historically began as treatment intended for younger patients, it has, over time, increasingly been extended to treat elderly patients with a high comorbidity burden. Data on the outcomes of dialysis in these patients show that in some cases it confers no benefit and may be associated with functional decline. We describe a 101-year-old male patient with chronic kidney disease (CKD), admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) with exacerbation of heart failure and sepsis. He experienced acute deterioration of renal function, with oliguria and acidosis. The patient’s healthcare proxy insisted that dialysis be initiated despite his extremely advanced age, citing the patient’s devout religious beliefs. He underwent 56 dialysis treatments over the course of ∼4 months after which he died as a result of septic and cardiogenic shock. Our case is unique, in that it may represent the oldest individual ever reported to start haemodialysis. It illustrates the ever-growing clinical and ethical challenges posed by the treatment of renal failure in the geriatric population. |
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