Patients who withdraw from dialysis in a Sydney centre with palliative care support: Who, why, and how do our patients die?

Progress in Palliative Care

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 325-330

  Urban, Agnes Katalin ^a   Brennan, Frank ^b  

^a GREENWICH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

End stage kidney disease; Palliative care; Withdrawal from dialysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEATH; DEMENTIA; DIALYSIS; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PHYSICIAN; QUALITY OF LIFE; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; UREMIA;

EID: 84888424236     PISSN: 09699260     EISSN: 1743291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1743291X12Y.0000000045     Document Type: Article

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