Dialysis in the elderly: New possibilities, new problems

Minerva Urologica e Nefrologica

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 305-317

  Cassidy, M J D ^a   Sims, R J A ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aged; Comorbidity; Ethics; Palliative care; Renal replacement therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DIALYSIS; FALLING; FRACTURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALNUTRITION; PAIN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT INDICATION; VASCULAR ACCESS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE DISEASES; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEPRESSION; DRUG THERAPY; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALNUTRITION; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RENAL DIALYSIS;

EID: 4544381428     PISSN: 03932249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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