Understanding symptoms in patients with advanced chronic kidney disease managed without dialysis: Use of a short patient-completed assessment tool

Nephron - Clinical Practice

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Murphy, Emma L ^a,b   Murtagh, Fliss E M ^a   Carey, Irene ^b   Sheerin, Neil S ^c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic kidney disease; End of life care; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; WEAKNESS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANOREXIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DYSPNEA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; PAIN; PALLIATIVE CARE; PREVALENCE; PRURITUS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 57649105748     PISSN: 16602110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000183177     Document Type: Article

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