Factors affecting survival in advanced chronic kidney disease patients who choose not to receive dialysis

Renal Failure

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 653-659

  Wong, C F ^a   McCarthy, M ^b   Howse, M L P ^b   Williams, P S ^b  

^a ROYAL LIVERPOOL AND BROADGREEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic kidney disease; Multidisciplinary team; Non dialytic treatment; Stoke comorbidity grade

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; COMORBIDITY; DEATH; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; GROUPS BY AGE; HAZARD RATIO; HEMODIALYSIS; HOME; HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LENGTH OF STAY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROLOGY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARD; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT REFUSAL; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PROGNOSIS; RENAL DIALYSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 34548317013     PISSN: 0886022X     EISSN: 15256049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08860220701459634     Document Type: Article

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