Survival outcomes of supportive care versus dialysis therapies for elderly patients with end-stage kidney disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Nephrology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 241-253

  Foote, Celine ^a,b   Kotwal, Sradha ^a   Gallagher, Martin ^a,b,c   Cass, Alan ^a,b   Brown, Mark ^d,e   Jardine, Meg ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Department of Geriatric Medicine   (Australia)

^c MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^d ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

aged; chronic; dialysis; kidney failure; palliative care; review; systematic

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; END STAGE RENAL DISEASE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; SUPPORTIVE CARE; SURVIVAL RATE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGE; FEMALE; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MORTALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; RENAL DIALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84956619803     PISSN: 13205358     EISSN: 14401797     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nep.12586     Document Type: Article

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