The sad truth about early initiation of dialysis in elderly patients

JAMA. 2012 May 9;307(18):1919-20. doi: 10.1001/jama.2012.3522.
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MeSH terms

  • Age Factors
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Cohort Studies
  • Decision Making
  • Glomerular Filtration Rate*
  • Guidelines as Topic
  • Humans
  • Kidney / physiopathology
  • Kidney Diseases / therapy*
  • Nutritional Status
  • Patient Selection*
  • Prognosis
  • Quality of Life
  • Renal Dialysis / statistics & numerical data*
  • Sarcopenia / complications
  • Secondary Prevention
  • Survival Analysis