Discontinuing Hemodialysis with Patient Care and a Successful 9-Year Follow-up in a Patient Presumed to have End-Stage Kidney Disease Scheduled to Lifelong Hemodialysis: A Case Report

• Main Authors: Omer Toprak, Emel Aslan Bozyel, Burak Alp
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2021-02-01
• Series: Clinics and Practice
• Subjects: patient care; hemodialysis; end-stage kidney disease; renal function recovery
• Online Access: https://www.mdpi.com/2039-7283/11/1/19

End-stage kidney disease patients who require hemodialysis for more than 3 months have a small chance of leaving dialysis unless they have a kidney transplant. Educating the patient about lifestyle changes can play a major role in improving kidney function. Therefore, we created a patient education program according to our nephrology experiences. Herein, we show an end-stage kidney disease patient who underwent hemodialysis for 6 months. Afterwards, dialysis was terminated with patient care, and the patient was then followed up for 9 years without dialysis. To date, there have been no reports regarding the termination of long-term dialysis with a kidney care program and the ensuing 9-year follow-up without renal replacement therapy.