Primary reasons for chronic dialysis initiation (DI) in 446 patients with CKD5.

<p>Clinical reasons accounted for 63% and biochemical reasons for 37% of all DI. The 12 most common motivations accounted for 91% of all DI prescriptions, “fatigue” being most common (22%) among clinical motivations, and “low GFR” (13%) most common among DI based on biochemical grounds.</p

Correlations to renal diagnosis, patient sex and patient age.

<p>No. patients (%).</p

Uremic symptoms at dialysis initiation (DI) in 446 patients with CKD5 in percent.

<p>Symptoms were present in 83% of patients, the most common being fatigue (44%), nausea (24%) and anorexia (22%). Black bars: primary symptoms; hatched bars: secondary or other symptoms.</p

Proportion of clinical causes as reason for dialysis initiation and selected measurements in relation to number of comorbidities.

<p>Proportion of clinical causes as reason for dialysis initiation and selected measurements in relation to number of comorbidities.</p

Primary, secondary and additional other reasons, clinical and biochemical, for prescribing chronic dialysis initiation in 446 patients.

<p>Primary, secondary and additional other reasons, clinical and biochemical, for prescribing chronic dialysis initiation in 446 patients.</p

The stated primary reason for dialysis initiation in 446 patients and characteristics of prescribing physicians (n = 52) who agreed to provide their details.

<p>Number and percent (in brackets).</p