Treatment intensity at the end of life in older adults receiving long-term dialysis

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 172, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 661-663

  Wong, Susan P Y ^a   Kreuter, William ^a   O'Hare, Ann M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIALYSIS; FEEDING APPARATUS; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KIDNEY FAILURE; LETTER; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT DURATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; ENTERAL NUTRITION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICARE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGISTRIES; RENAL DIALYSIS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; TERMINAL CARE; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON;

EID: 84860368883     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2012.268     Document Type: Letter

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