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Treatment decisions for older adults with advanced chronic kidney disease

Dialysis initiation rates among older adults, aged 75 years or greater, are increasing at a faster rate than for younger age groups. Older adults with advanced CKD (eGFR < 30 ml/min/1.73 m(2)) typically lose renal function slowly, often suffer from significant comorbidity and thus may die from as...

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Autores principales: Rosansky, Steven J., Schell, Jane, Shega, Joseph, Scherer, Jennifer, Jacobs, Laurie, Couchoud, Cecile, Crews, Deidra, McNabney, Matthew
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5477347/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28629462
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12882-017-0617-3