Octogenarians on hemodialysis: A prospective study

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 19-24

  Basic Jukic, N ^a   Kes, P ^a   Juric, I ^a   Brunetta Gavranic, B ^a  

^a KBC Zagreb   (Croatia)

Author keywords

End stage renal disease in elderly; Octogenarians on hemodialysis; Outcome of hemodialysis in old patients

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROPOIETIN; FOLIC ACID; HEPARIN; INFUSION FLUID; PYRIDOXINE; TACALCITOL;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CATHETER INFECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOMA; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY RUPTURE; LENGTH OF STAY; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; SUBCUTANEOUS HEMORRHAGE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT PLANNING; UREMIA; VASCULAR ACCESS;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROATIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RENAL DIALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 44449155466     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2007.06.003     Document Type: Article

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