Open AccessFunctional Status of Elderly Adults before and after Initiation of Dialysis
Author(s) -
Manjula Kurella Tamura,
Kenneth E. Covinsky,
Glenn M. Chertow,
Kristine Yaffe,
C. Seth Landefeld,
Charles E. McCulloch
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa0904655
Subject(s) - medicine , dialysis , activities of daily living , confidence interval , peritoneal dialysis , physical therapy , gerontology
It is unclear whether functional status before dialysis is maintained after the initiation of this therapy in elderly patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD).
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