Conservative Management and End-of-Life Care in an Australian Cohort with ESRD
Author(s) -
Rachael L. Morton,
Angela C Webster,
Kevin McGeechan,
Kirsten Howard,
Fliss EM Murtagh,
Nicholas A. Gray,
Peter G. Kerr,
Michael J. Germain,
Paul Snelling
Publication year - 2016
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.11861115
Subject(s) - medicine , hazard ratio , confidence interval , proportional hazards model , dialysis , renal replacement therapy , cohort , palliative care , cohort study , surgery , nursing
We aimed to determine the proportion of patients who switched to dialysis after confirmed plans for conservative care and compare survival and end-of-life care among patients choosing conservative care with those initiating RRT.
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