Clinical report of diabetic patients treated by chronic hemodialysis.

Twenty one diabetic patients were treated by chronic hemodialysis (HD) in the seven year period from 1975 to 1982 in our Department. The actual one-year and five-year survival rate for diabetic patients treated by maintenance HD were 76% and 43%, respectively. Blood urea nitrogen and serum creatinine levels at the HD induction were 111.95 +/- 28.51 mg/dl and 10.73 +/- 4.56 mg/dl, respectively. There were complications in the form of blindness in 8 cases (38.1%), peripheral nerve impairment in 17 cases (81.0%), myopathy in 8 cases (38.1%), diabetic gangrene in 3 cases (14.3%) and glaucoma in one case (4.8%).