An assessment of survival among Korean elderly patients initiating dialysis: A national population-based study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Lee, Shina ^a   Ryu, Jung Hwa ^a   Kim, Hyunwook ^b   Kim, Kyoung Hoon ^c   Ahn, Hyeong Sik ^d   Hann, Hoo Jae ^a   Cho, Yongjae ^a   Park, Young Mi ^a   Kim, Seung Jung ^a   Kang, Duk Hee ^a   Choi, Kyu Bok ^a   Ryu, Dong Ryeol ^a  

^a Ewha Womans University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Wonkwang University   (South Korea)

^c Korea University   (South Korea)

^d Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELDERLY CARE; END STAGE RENAL DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEART INFARCTION; HEMIPARESIS; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; KOREAN (PEOPLE); LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MORTALITY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; POPULATION RESEARCH; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT DURATION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RENAL DIALYSIS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84899554502     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0086776     Document Type: Article

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