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Conservative management in elderly patients with advanced chronic kidney disease
Author(s) -
María Victoria Rubio Rubio,
Luis Miguel Lou Arnal,
José Antonio Gimeno Orna,
Elena Lambán Ibor,
P Hernández Machín,
Esperanza Martínez Pagán
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
anales del sistema sanitario de navarra
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.175
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 2340-3527
pISSN - 1137-6627
DOI - 10.23938/assn.0862
Subject(s) - medicine , kidney disease , conservative management , chronic disease , intensive care medicine , disease , disease management , surgery , parkinson's disease
The poor health outcomes of Renal Replacement Therapy (RRT) in the elderly has promoted Conservative Management (CM) as a therapeutic option in advanced chronic kidney disease. However, there is still a lack of evidence about prognosis of these patients; thus, the aim was to analyze the survival rate of elderly patients under CM and RRT and evaluate the variables related to the initiation of such treatments in clinical practice.

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