Compared with younger peritoneal dialysis patients, elderly patients have similar peritonitis-free survival and lower risk of technique failure, but higher risk of peritonitis-related mortality

Peritoneal Dialysis International

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 663-671

  Lim, Wai H ^a,b   Dogra, Gursharan K ^a   McDonald, Stephen P ^b,c   Brown, Fiona G ^b,d   Johnson, David W ^b,e  

^a SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ANZDATA Registry   (Australia)

^c QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

ANZDATA; Elderly; Patient survival; Peritonitis; Registry; Technique survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNGUS; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ERROR; MORTALITY; MYCOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PERITONITIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TECHNIQUE FAILURE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AUSTRALIA; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PERITONITIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84862909086     PISSN: 08968608     EISSN: 17184304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3747/pdi.2010.00209     Document Type: Article

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