Measuring the quality of end of life management in patients with advanced kidney disease: Results from the pan-Thames renal audit group

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1548-1554

  McAdoo, Stephen P ^a   Brown, Edwina A ^a   Chesser, Alistair M ^b   Farrington, Ken ^c   Salisbury, Emma M ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c LISTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

dialysis; end stage renal disease; palliative care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEMODIALYSIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN DEATH; TERMINAL CARE; TIME OF DEATH; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RENAL DIALYSIS; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; SURVIVAL RATE; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84859354167     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfr514     Document Type: Article

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