Dialysis or not? A comparative survival study of patients over 75 years with chronic kidney disease stage 5

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1955-1962

  Murtagh, Fliss E M ^a   Marsh, James E ^b   Donohoe, Paul ^a   Ekbal, Nasirul J ^c   Sheerin, Neil S ^d   Harris, Fiona E ^b  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b EPSOM AND ST HELIER UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic kidney disease stage 5; Comorbidity; Conservative management; Elderly; Survival

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY INTERVENTION; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MORTALITY; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT INDICATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; RENAL DIALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 34547851690     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfm153     Document Type: Article

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