Open AccessFactors Associated with Frailty and Its Trajectory among Patients on Hemodialysis
Author(s) -
Kirsten L. Johansen,
Lorien S. Dalrymple,
Cynthia Delgado,
Glenn M. Chertow,
Mark R. Segal,
Janet M. Chiang,
Barbara Grimes,
George A. Kaysen
Publication year - 2017
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.12131116
Subject(s) - medicine , confidence interval , hemodialysis , cohort study , cohort , diabetes mellitus , clinical endpoint , randomized controlled trial , endocrinology
Frailty is common among patients on hemodialysis and associated with adverse outcomes. However, little is known about changes in frailty over time and the factors associated with those changes.
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