Survival of elderly patients with stage 5 CKD: comparison of conservative management and renal replacement therapy

M. Chandna, Shahid; Da Silva‐Gane, Maria; Marshall, C.; Warwicker, Paul; Greenwood, Roger; Farrington, K.

doi:10.1093/ndt/gfq630

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Survival of elderly patients with stage 5 CKD: comparison of conservative management and renal replacement therapy

Published in Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation • Nov 22, 2010

Authors:

Shahid M. Chandna

Maria Da Silva‐Gane

C. Marshall

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Elderly patients with end-stage renal disease and severe extra-renal comorbidity have a poor prognosis on renal replacement therapy (RRT) and may opt to be managed conservatively (CM). Information on the survival of patients on this mode of therapy is limited. METHODS: We studied surviva...

Subject

Medicine

Comorbidity

Renal replacement therapy

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