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Dialysis by the book? Treatment of renal failure in a 101-year-old patient

While dialysis historically began as treatment intended for younger patients, it has, over time, increasingly been extended to treat elderly patients with a high comorbidity burden. Data on the outcomes of dialysis in these patients show that in some cases it confers no benefit and may be associated...

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Autores principales: Gabbay, Ezra, Hersch, Moshe, Shavit, Linda, Shmuelevitz, Lev, Helviz, Yigal, Shapiro, Henry, Slotki, Itzchak
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5094406/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27818759
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ckj/sfs175