Table 1 Characteristics of patients (n = 65)
From: Perimortem changes in clinical parameters in patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis
Male (%) | 82 |
Age at death (years) | 73 (IQR: 65–79) |
HD vintage (months) | 42 (IQR: 5–114) |
Duration of admission (days) | 33 (IQR: 16–114) |
Duration from last HD session until death (days) | 2 (IQR: 1–4) |
CKD etiology (%) | |
Diabetes | 29 |
Hypertension | 20 |
Primary glomerular diseases | 17 |
Polycystic kidney disease | 8 |
Others | 26 |
Causes of admission (%) | |
Cardiovascular diseases | 34 |
Gastrointestinal diseases | 20 |
Infectious diseases | 18 |
Malignancies | 17 |
Others | 11 |
Causes of death (%) | |
Cardiovascular diseases | 25 |
Gastrointestinal diseases | 12 |
Infectious diseases | 45 |
Malignancies | 15 |
Others | 3 |