Research progress on the development of comorbidity-based mortality prediction models for elderly patients on maintenance dialysis / 中华老年医学杂志

ABSTRACT

The development of comorbidity-based disease progression and mortality prediction models incorporating demographic and sociological characteristics and the type and severity of comorbidities has been a hot topic in recent clinical studies.The elderly population now constitutes the majority of patients on maintenance dialysis(MHD)and is still rising.It is difficult to predict outcomes for elderly MHD patients, who are often associated with comorbidities, late start on hemodialysis and high mortality.However, very few researchers have closely followed the development of comorbidity-based predictive models for these patients.Therefore, this article reviews relevant studies and offers insights on this topic, in order to attract the attention of colleagues in this county and, as we work together, to improve the survival of elderly patients on dialysis.