Open AccessEnd-Stage Renal Disease Status and Critical Illness in the Elderly
Author(s) -
Manish M. Sood,
Dan Roberts,
Paul Komenda,
Joe Bueti,
Martina Reslerova,
Julie Mojica,
Claudio Rigatto
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
clinical journal of the american society of nephrology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.755
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1555-905X
pISSN - 1555-9041
DOI - 10.2215/cjn.01160210
Subject(s) - medicine , intensive care unit , odds ratio , logistic regression , retrospective cohort study , disease , population , severity of illness , end stage renal disease , intensive care medicine , emergency medicine , environmental health
Elderly patients (> 65 years old) are a rapidly growing demographic in the ESRD and intensive care unit (ICU) populations, yet the effect of ESRD status on critical illness in elderly patients remains unknown. Reliable estimates of prognosis would help to inform care and management of this frail and vulnerable population.
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