Adolescents and Young Adults with Chronic or End-Stage Kidney Disease
Author(s) -
María Ferris,
J. Alex Miles,
Meredith Seamon
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
blood purification
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.686
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1421-9735
pISSN - 0253-5068
DOI - 10.1159/000441317
Subject(s) - kidney disease , medicine , psychosocial , population , malnutrition , quality of life (healthcare) , chronic kidney disease mineral and bone disorder , young adult , pediatrics , intensive care medicine , gerontology , psychiatry , renal osteodystrophy , environmental health , nursing
Adolescents and young adults face unique and complex physical, psychological, and family challenges. Despite improvements in care for chronic kidney disease (CKD) and end-stage kidney disease (ESKD), long-term mortality for children, adolescents, and young adults with CKD remains substantially higher than their healthy counterparts.
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