Rate of Decline of Kidney Function, Modality Choice, and Survival in Elderly Patients with Advanced Kidney Disease | Zendy

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Rate of Decline of Kidney Function, Modality Choice, and Survival in Elderly Patients with Advanced Kidney Disease

Author(s) -

Shahid M. Chandna,

Lewis Carpenter,

Maria Da SilvaGane,

Paul Warwicker,

Roger Greenwood,

Ken Farrington

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

the nephron journals/nephron journals

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.951

H-Index - 72

eISSN - 2235-3186

pISSN - 1660-8151

DOI - 10.1159/000447784

Subject(s) - medicine , renal function , dialysis , kidney disease , interquartile range , nephrology , comorbidity , retrospective cohort study , cohort , kidney , cohort study , urology

In elderly, dependent patients with advanced chronic kidney disease, dialysis may confer only a small survival advantage over conservative kidney management (CKM). We investigated the role of rate of decline of kidney function on treatment choices and survival.

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