Open AccessRates of Treated and Untreated Kidney Failure in Older vs Younger Adults
Author(s) -
Brenda R. Hemmelgarn,
Matthew T. James,
Braden Manns,
Ann M. O’Hare,
Paul Muntner,
Pietro Ravani,
Robert R. Quinn,
Tanvir Chowdhury Turin,
Zhi Tan,
Marcello Tonelli,
for the Alberta Kidney Disease Network
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
jama
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.688
H-Index - 680
eISSN - 1538-3598
pISSN - 0098-7484
DOI - 10.1001/jama.2012.6455
Subject(s) - medicine , kidney , gerontology
Studies of kidney failure in older adults have focused on receipt of dialysis, which may underestimate the burden of disease if older people are less likely to receive treatment.
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