Is it worth performing kidney replacement therapy on patients over 80?

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2412-2413

  Rohrich B ^a   Asmus, G ^a   Von Herrath, D ^a   Schaefer, K ^a  

^a ST JOSEPH KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; BICARBONATE; ERYTHROPOIETIN;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; AGED; ARTICLE; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; HEMATOCRIT; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0030478772     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.ndt.a027205     Document Type: Article

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