Survival in octogenarian dialysis patients: Analysis in two Southern Italian regions

Journal of Nephrology

Volumn 21, Issue SUPPL. 13, 2008, Pages

  Santoro, Domenico ^a   Gitto, Lara ^b   Di Iorio, Biagio ^c   Savica, Vincenzo ^a   Li Vecchi, Maurizio ^d   Bellinghieri, Guido ^a   De Santo, Natale G ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^c A Landolfi Hospital   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^e SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Comorbidities; Dialysis; Octogenanans; Registry; Survival

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE REGISTRY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; AGE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; REGISTER; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RISK FACTOR; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; REGISTRIES; RENAL DIALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 51449104779     PISSN: 11218428     EISSN: 17246059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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