Recovery of renal function in dialysis patients

Table 1 Table illustrating the characteristics, clinical course and outcome of the 8 patients presented in the study.

No	Age	Race/Gender	Renal Biopsy	Presumed Etiology	Serum Cr at initiation	Initial Serum BUN	Reason for Initiation of HD	Duration (months)	Symptoms on HD	Serum Cr after cessation	BUN after cessation of HD	Cr. Cl after cessation	Time off HD (months)
1	34	W/M	FSGS & AIN	HIV, AIN, HTN Nepscl	3.34	53	Nau/Vom	4	Leg cramps Fatigue	2.76	28	34	1 Died of HIV compl.
2	81	LA/F	FSGS	HTN Chol. Embolization	4.2	60	Fluid overload + rising cr	12	None	1.73	36	18	21
3	50	BM	FSGS	FSGS + ATN	8.61	114	Mental status changes	30	Washed out, cramps Low BP.	4.12	30	40	15
4	71	WM	Mem GN	Mem GN	6.35	68	Nau/vom Weight loss	29	Washed out, cramps Low BP.	5.36	48	9	9
5	60	BF	FSGS	Obesity related FSGS	6.88	69	Anasarca, ARF on CRF	6	Washed out, cramps Low BP.	1.91	48	36	26
6	31	BM	No biopsy	HIV Nephropathy	3.39	25	Acidosis + Increasing Cr	2	Nau/Vom Cramps	1.71	4	20	2
7	68	WM	Contrast Tox, no biopsy	ATN, Contrast. RCC with single kidney	4.34	121	Acidosis Hyperkalemia	2	Washed out, cramps Low BP.	2.4	17	30	33
8	36	AF	FSGS	FSGS	5.57	67	Nau/vom	4	Washed out, cramps Low BP.	1.85	26	51	51