Extension of Healthy Life Span of Dialysis Patients in the Era of a 100-Year Life

Masaaki Inaba; Katsuhito Mori

doi:10.3390/nu13082693

Extension of Healthy Life Span of Dialysis Patients in the Era of a 100-Year Life

Nutrients. 2021 Aug 4;13(8):2693. doi: 10.3390/nu13082693.

Authors

Masaaki Inaba^{1

2}, Katsuhito Mori¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Nephrology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka 545-8585, Japan.
² Kidney Center, Ohno Memorial Hospital, 1-26-20, Minami-Horie, Osaka 550-0015, Japan.

Abstract

With both the elongation of hemodialysis (HD) duration resulting from the sophistication of HD technology and the increasing age at the time of HD initiation due to the aging society of Japan, the mean age of prevalent HD patients is increasing at an accelerating rate [...].

Publication types

Editorial
Introductory Journal Article

MeSH terms

Age Factors
Aged, 80 and over
Female
Humans
Japan
Kidney Failure, Chronic / complications
Kidney Failure, Chronic / therapy*
Life Expectancy / trends*
Longevity*
Male
Malnutrition / etiology
Malnutrition / therapy
Quality of Life*
Renal Dialysis / adverse effects
Renal Dialysis / trends*
Time Factors