Dialysis in the old: A centenarian nursing home resident with end-stage renal disease

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 186-191

  Dharmarajan, T S ^a,b   Kaul, Nita ^a   Russell, Robin O ^a  

^a OUR LADY OF MERCY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Centenarian; Dialysis; End stage renal disease; Nursing home

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; CASE REPORT; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; KIDNEY FAILURE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NURSING HOME; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; UREMIA; VASCULAR ACCESS;

EID: 2642556550     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1525-8610(04)70113-9     Document Type: Article

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