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Dialysis Discussion => Dialysis: Transplant Discussion => Topic started by: dialysissw on September 10, 2009, 02:16:33 PM
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Does anyone know what the stats and research say about a Diabetic patient's lifespan on dialysis versus a transplant. I've been told by a nephrologist that a person with diabetes is alot better off with a transplant versus dialysis, that simply if you are diabetic and on dialysis your life span isn't too long. How many years are we looking at? I want some confirmation of this.
Thanks!!
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The National average in the US is a 20% mortality rate on dialysis. The mortality rate for transplant is 4%. (http://www.ustransplant.org/csr/current/nationalViewer.aspx?o=KI)
NXstage just came out with data that suggests that the dialysis mortality rate can be lowered (http://ihatedialysis.com/forum/index.php?topic=15356.0)to 5%annually or lower on nocturnal daily home hemo.
Transplant= daily nocturnal> PD> in center hemo
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thanks, that info is helpful. Is there specific information for diabetics?
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The National average in the US is a 20% mortality rate on dialysis. The mortality rate for transplant is 4%. (http://www.ustransplant.org/csr/current/nationalViewer.aspx?o=KI)
NXstage just came out with data that suggests that the dialysis mortality rate can be lowered (http://ihatedialysis.com/forum/index.php?topic=15356.0)to 5%annually or lower on nocturnal daily home hemo.
Transplant= daily nocturnal> PD> in center hemo
This is an unfair comparison. A lot of death with dialysis are old folk, or too sick to transplant. The annual mortality rate on the transplant waiting list is about 6%-7%. Waiting list and first-year transplant populations are much more comparable.
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I disagree, because the wait list mortality rate ignores the people who get too sick to stay on the list. Often, that is due to insufficient dialysis.
Regardless, an improvement from 7% mortality to 4% makes it worth it.