Recent insights into life expectancy with and without dialysis

Current Opinion in Nephrology and Hypertension

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 185-192

  Schell, Jane O ^a,b   Da Silva Gane, Maria ^c   Germain, Michael J ^d  

^a Section of Palliative Care and Medical Ethics   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Lister Renal Unit   (United Kingdom)

^d Baystate Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Dialysis decision making; elderly; prognostication

Indexed keywords

AGED; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORTALITY; NEPHROLOGIST; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROGNOSTICATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

AGE FACTORS; COMORBIDITY; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; LIFE EXPECTANCY; PATIENT SELECTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RENAL DIALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84873566913     PISSN: 10624821     EISSN: 14736543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MNH.0b013e32835ddb69     Document Type: Review

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