Predictive Factors for Mortality in Chronic Hemodialysis Patients

Abstract

          End-stage renal disease is a common disease. The patients who were treated with renal transplantation or hemodialysis had longer life span.²  Now hemodialysis units have been distributed to all provincial hospitals. Most studies found that there were many factors associated with mortality or survival. But in Thailand, there were no studies about the predictive factors associated with mortality or survival. Objective of this study was to determine the clinical factors associated with mortality in hemodialysis patients at Banpong  hospital. The charts of hemodialysis patients were reviewed. Clinical data recorded during the time of hemodialysis were compared between the group of patients who died within 24 months and the group of patients who survived longer than 24 months.

          Results : Multiple logistic regression analysis showed low levels of hematocrit were the most important factor for mortality in end stage renal disease patients who were treated with hemodialysis.