Competing-risk analysis of death and dialysis initiation among elderly (≥80 years) newly referred to nephrologists: A French prospective study

BMC Nephrology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Faller, Bernadette ^a   Beuscart, Jean Baptiste ^b,e   Frimat, Luc ^c,d  

^a Pasteur Hospital   (France)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NANCY   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^e LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Chronic kidney disease; Competing risk analysis; Conservative management; Elderly; Renal replacement therapy

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCIUM; HEMOGLOBIN; PHOSPHATE; TRANSFERRIN;

ACIDOSIS; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; COGNITION; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DEMENTIA; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; DIALYSIS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEMIPLEGIA; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; LUNG EDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEPHROLOGIST; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VERY ELDERLY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRANCE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RENAL DIALYSIS; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84877078012     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2369-14-103     Document Type: Article

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