- ►annals.org [PDF] M Kurella, KE Covinsky, AJ Collins, GM … - Annals of Internal Medicine, 2007 - Am Coll Physicians Background: The elderly constitute the fastest-growing segment of the end-stage
renal disease (ESRD) population, but the epidemiol- ogy and outcomes of dialysis
among the very elderly, that is, those 80 years of age and older, have not ... Cited by 69 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 2 versions
A Cohort - Ann Intern Med, 2007 - palliative.uab.edu Background: The elderly constitute the fastest-growing segment of the end-stage
renal disease (ESRD) population, but the epidemiol- ogy and outcomes of dialysis
among the very elderly, that is, those 80 years of age and older, have not ... Related articles - View as HTML
- ►oxfordjournals.org FEM Murtagh, JE Marsh, P Donohoe, NJ Ekbal … - Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, 2007 - ERA-EDTA Background. The number of elderly patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD)
stage 5 is steadily increasing. Evidence is needed to inform decision-making for
or against dialysis, especially in those patients with multiple comorbid ... Cited by 47 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
- ►ecmaj.ca SV Jassal, L Trpeski, N Zhu, S Fenton, B … - Canadian Medical Association Journal, 2007 - ecmaj.ca Methods: All patients aged 65 years or older who began dialysis in Canada
between 1990 and 1999 were identified from the Canadian Organ Replacement
Register. We used Cox proportional hazards models to examine the effect ... Cited by 13 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 15 versions
- ►asnjournals.org D Joly, D Anglicheau, C Alberti, AT Nguyen, … - Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 2003 - Am Soc Nephrol In industrialized countries, nephrologists are currently facing an increased
demand from elderly patients suffering from end-stage renal disease (ESRD). In
1997 in the United States, 22.7% of incident dialysis patients were aged 75 ... Cited by 72 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
- ►oxfordjournals.org C Couchoud, O Moranne, L Frimat, M Labeeuw, … - Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, 2007 - ERA-EDTA Results. Overall, 18% began with peritoneal dialysis (PD), 50% with planned
haemodialysis (planned HD) and 32% with unplanned HD, that is, HD that started
on an emergency basis. At least one comorbid condition was reported for ... Cited by 17 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 3 versions
C Smith, M Da Silva-Gane, S Chandna, P … - Nephron Clin Pract, 2003 - content.karger.com Objectives: To study factors influencing the recommendation for palliative
(non-dialytic) treatment in patients approaching end-stage renal failure and to
study the subsequent outcome in patients choosing not to dialyse. Design: ... Cited by 59 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
DL Lamping, N Constantinovici, P Roderick, C … - The Lancet, 2000 - Elsevier 1-year survival rates were: 71% overall; 80%, 69%, and 54% in patients 70–74
years, 75–79 years, and 80 years and older, respectively (p=0·008); and 88%,
71%, and 64% in patients with no, one, or two or more comorbid conditions, ... Cited by 156 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 9 versions
- ►asnjournals.org KL Johansen, GM Chertow, C Jin, NG Kutner - Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 2007 - Am Soc Nephrol The construct of frailty has been associated with adverse outcomes among elderly
individuals, but the prevalence and significance of frailty among patients with
end-stage renal disease have not been established. The aim of the current ... Cited by 26 - Related articles - All 4 versions
