Improving survival of octogenarian patients selected of haemodialysis

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 2201-2206

  Peri, Usha N ^a   Fenves, Andrew Z ^b   Middleton, John P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dialysis adequacy; Dry weight; Elderly; Haemodialysis; Octogenarians; Survival

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; POLITEF; UREA;

AGE; AGED; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CATHETER; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG USE; ELDERLY CARE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENDER; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEGRO; NEPHROLOGY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; POLITEF IMPLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0035167097     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/16.11.2201     Document Type: Article

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