Dialysis Therapies in Older Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease

Clinics in Geriatric Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 625-639

  Malavade, Tuschar ^a   Sokwala, Ahmed ^a   Jassal, Sarbjit Vanita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dialysis; Elderly; Hemodialysis; Peritoneal dialysis

Indexed keywords

AGED; COMORBIDITY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GERIATRIC REHABILITATION; HOME DIALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FAILURE; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; REVIEW; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE; VASCULAR ACCESS; VASCULAR DISEASE;

DIALYSIS; ELDERLY; HEMODIALYSIS; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS;

AGED; COMORBIDITY; COST OF ILLNESS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; LIFE EXPECTANCY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT DROPOUTS; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PATIENT SELECTION; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RENAL DIALYSIS; RISK ADJUSTMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84880123685     PISSN: 07490690     EISSN: 18798853     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cger.2013.05.005     Document Type: Review

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