Ageism vs the technical imperative, applying the GRADE framework to the evidence on hemodialysis in very elderly patients

Clinical Interventions in Aging

Volumn 8, Issue , 2013, Pages 797-807

  Thorsteinsdottir, Bjorg ^a   Montori, Victor M ^a   Prokop, Larry J ^a   Murad, Mohammad Hassan ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost; Quality of life; Renal replacement therapy; Resource utilization survival; Symptom burden

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGEISM; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GRADING OF RECOMMENDATION ASSESSMENT DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC);

COST; QUALITY OF LIFE; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RESOURCE UTILIZATION SURVIVAL; SYMPTOM BURDEN;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; LIFE EXPECTANCY; PREJUDICE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RENAL DIALYSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84879897804     PISSN: 11769092     EISSN: 11781998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/CIA.S43817     Document Type: Review

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