The elderly patient on dialysis: Geriatric considerations

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 990-996

  Singh, Pooja ^a   Germain, Michael J ^b   Cohen, Lewis ^b   Unruh, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

communication; elderly; geriatrics; hemodialysis; kidney transplantation; prognosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIALYSIS; END STAGE RENAL DISEASE; FRAIL ELDERLY; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL ETHICS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVIVAL;

COMMUNICATION; ELDERLY; GERIATRICS; HEMODIALYSIS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; PROGNOSIS;

AGED; COMMUNICATION; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROGNOSIS; RENAL DIALYSIS;

EID: 84899788133     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gft246     Document Type: Article

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