Peritoneal dialysis in elderly patients: Clinical experience

Peritoneal Dialysis International

Volumn 25, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2005, Pages

  Brown, Edwina A ^a  

^a CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elderly patients; Quality of life; Survival

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; COMORBIDITY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; ELDERLY CARE; EXPERIENCE; HEMODIALYSIS; HOME CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIFESTYLE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MENTAL HEALTH; MORTALITY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PERITONITIS; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIAL ASPECT; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 21244469855     PISSN: 08968608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/089686080502503s22     Document Type: Review

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