Communicating projected survival with treatments for chronic kidney disease: patient comprehension and perspectives on visual aids

BACKGROUND: Mortality in end stage renal disease (ESRD) is higher than many malignancies. There is no data about the optimal way to present information about projected survival to patients with ESRD. In other areas, graphs have been shown to be more easily understood than narrative. We examined pati...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Dowen, Frances, Sidhu, Karishma, Broadbent, Elizabeth, Pilmore, Helen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5607842/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28934951
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12911-017-0536-z

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5607842/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28934951
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12911-017-0536-z

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