Conservative care in Europe - Nephrologists' experience with the decision not to start renal replacement therapy

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2604-2612

  Van De Luijtgaarden, Moniek W M ^a   Noordzij, Marlies ^a   Van Biesen, Wim ^b   Couchoud, Cecile ^c   Cancarini, Giovanni ^d   Bos, Willem Jan W ^e   Dekker, Friedo W ^f   Gorriz, Jose L ^g   Iatrou, Christos ^h   Wanner, Christoph ⁱ   Finne, Patrik ^j,k   Stojceva Taneva, Olivera ^l   Cala, Svjetlana ^m   Stel, Vianda S ^a   Tomson, Charles ⁿ   Jager, Kitty J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c AGENCE DE LA BIOMÉDECINE   (France)

^d SPEDALI CIVILI   (Italy)

^e ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^f LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^g HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DR PESET   (Spain)

^h General Hospital of Nikaia Pireaus   (Greece)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^j HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^k Finnish Registry for Kidney Diseases   (Finland)

^l University Clinic of Nephrology   (Macedonia)

^m UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

ⁿ SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

conservative care; dialysis; end stage renal disease; opinions; renal replacement therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; EUROPE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NEPHROLOGIST; NON PROFIT HOSPITAL; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

CONSERVATIVE CARE; DIALYSIS; END-STAGE RENAL DISEASE; OPINIONS; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY;

ADULT; AGED; DATA COLLECTION; DECISION MAKING; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHROLOGY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS; PROGNOSIS; RENAL DIALYSIS; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY;

EID: 84884963869     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gft287     Document Type: Article

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