Family dynamics are the patterns of relating, or interactions, between family members. Each family system and its dynamics are unique, although there are some common patterns. All families have some helpful and some unhelpful dynamics.
According to USRDS data from. 2006,nearlyonehalfofincidentdialysispatientsin. the United States are senior citizens, with the me-. dian age at dialysis initiation at 64.4 yr old.1 Fur-. thermore,theelderlyarethefastest-growinggroup. of incident dialysis patients, meaning that this me-.
In the reported cases, symptoms of chondrolysis occurred as early as 2 months after the infusion (median of 5 months) and chondrolysis was diagnosed with a median of 8.5 months after the infusion. The median age of the affected patients was 25 years, with an age range of 16-58 years.