Dialysis in the elderly

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 117, Issue 1195, 2004, Pages

  Roake, Justin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ATHEROMA; COMORBIDITY; CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIALYSIS; EDITORIAL; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEMODIALYSIS; HOME CARE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MEDICAL ETHICS; NEW ZEALAND; ORGAN DONOR; PATIENT SELECTION; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 3543022105     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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