Dialysis and Mortality
Author(s) -
Rudolph A. Rodriguez
Publication year - 2012
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.05410512
Subject(s) - medicine , residence , hemodialysis , peritoneal dialysis , dialysis , population , rural area , health care , rural health , quality of life (healthcare) , intensive care medicine , medical emergency , environmental health , nursing , economic growth , demography , surgery , pathology , sociology , economics
A 70-year-old man with diabetic nephropathy and a history of multiple admissions for congestive heart failure is approaching the need for renal replacement therapy. He is struggling with his decision regarding the optimal dialysis modality. He lives alone in rural Washington, 60 miles from the
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