Kidney Failure Prognosis Without Dialysis Elderly. People with kidney failure can deteriorate quickly whether they are on dialysis or not. For those 80 years old or older and frail or with other illnesses dialysis did not extend life.
This study focused on the symptom experience in the last month of life for the 49 patients who elected not to initiate hemodialysis and died over the course of the study. Well it all depends on how severe the kidney damage is. We call this comfort care.
When end stage renal failure stage 5 chronic kidney disease goes untreated survival prognosis is usually a few months or less.
Stage 5 kidney disease means total kidney failure and the necessity of dialysis. However it is not possible to conclude that renal failure did not contribute to death in the latter group. According to the national kidney foundation the average life expectancy for a patient on dialysis is 5 10 years. However when there id kidney failure in elderly many of them do not want to have dialysis.