Accidental falls and risk of mortality among older adults on chronic peritoneal dialysis

Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1248-1253

  Farragher, Janine ^a   Chiu, Ernest ^a   Ulutas, Ozkan ^a,b   Tomlinson, George ^a   Cook, Wendy L ^c   Jassal, Sarbjit V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SERUM ALBUMIN;

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; END STAGE RENAL DISEASE; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HAZARD RATIO; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; INJURY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL; ADVERSE EFFECTS; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIME; VERY ELDERLY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84923794774     PISSN: 15559041     EISSN: 1555905X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2215/CJN.11001013     Document Type: Article

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