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Table 3 Patient demographics

From: Perceptions of hospitalized patients and their surrogate decision makers on dialysis initiation: a pilot study

Patient characteristics

Total cohort (n = 21)

Demographics

 Age: mean (SD), years

63 (13)

 Gender: n (% male)

15 (71)

 African-American: n (%)

7 (33)

Care delivery

 Surgical primary team: n (%)

6 (29)

Medical history

 Hypertension: n (%)

13 (62)

 Diabetes: n (%)

11 (52)

 Baseline creatinine: n (SD), mg/dL

2.3 (1.8)

Initial dialysis modality

 CVVHD: n (%)

14 (67)

 IHD: n (%)

7 (33)

Mortality

 Overall In-hospital mortality: n (%)

7 (33)

 Hospice at discharge: n (%)

1 (5)

  1. SD standard deviation, CVVHD continuous venovenous hemodialysis, SDM surrogate decision-maker, IHD intermittent hemodialysis