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ABSTRACT: Background
Several publications have demonstrated the use of renal biopsy in elderly patients in establishing a diagnosis and enabling directed therapy. However, evidence on the long-term outcomes following biopsies is lacking. The aim of this study is to describe the renal and patient outcomes in elderly patients according to indication for biopsy, clinical parameters and the histological diagnosis.Methods
We performed a retrospective cohort study of 463 patients >70?years old who underwent a renal biopsy at our centre between 2006 and 2015.Results
The median age of the patients was 74.8 (range 70.0-89.6) years. The most frequent primary diagnoses were pauci-immune crescentic glomerulonephritis (GN; 12%), acute interstitial nephritis (10.8%) and membranous GN (7.1%). Death-censored renal survival at 1 and 5 years following the index biopsy was 85.2 and 75.9%, respectively, and patient survival at 1 and 5 years was 92.2 and 71.6%, respectively. Patients who progressed to end-stage renal disease (ESRD) were at higher risk of dying compared with patients who did not require dialysis [hazard ratio 2.41 (95% confidence interval 1.58-3.68; P?ConclusionsThis study demonstrates that renal biopsies in the elderly not only enable directed therapy, but also provide prognostic information on renal and patient survival.
SUBMITTER: Navaratnarajah A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6672059 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Navaratnarajah Arunraj A Sambasivan Khrishanthne K Cook Terry H TH Pusey Charles C Roufosse Candice C Willicombe Michelle M
Clinical kidney journal 20190228 4
<h4>Background</h4>Several publications have demonstrated the use of renal biopsy in elderly patients in establishing a diagnosis and enabling directed therapy. However, evidence on the long-term outcomes following biopsies is lacking. The aim of this study is to describe the renal and patient outcomes in elderly patients according to indication for biopsy, clinical parameters and the histological diagnosis.<h4>Methods</h4>We performed a retrospective cohort study of 463 patients >70 years old w ...[more]