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Survival of elderly patients with stage 5 CKD: comparison of conservative management and renal replacement therapy
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation · 2010 · Vol. 26(5) · pp. 1608–1614
Shahid M. Chandna✉(Lister Hospital)Maria Da Silva‐Gane(Lister Hospital)C. Marshall(Lister Hospital)Paul Warwicker(Lister Hospital)Roger Greenwood(Lister Hospital)K. Farrington(Lister Hospital)
Abstract
In patients aged > 75 years with high extra-renal comorbidity, the survival advantage conferred by RRT over CM is likely to be small. Age > 75 years and female gender predicted better survival in CM patients. The reasons for this are unclear.
Dialysis and Renal Disease ManagementChronic Kidney Disease and DiabetesBlood Pressure and Hypertension StudiesMedicineComorbidityRenal replacement therapyDiabetes mellitusKidney diseaseInternal medicineCohortHemodialysisDialysisSurvival analysis
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AgedFemaleGlomerular Filtration RateRenal DialysisHumansKidney Failure, ChronicMaleMiddle AgedPrognosisRisk FactorsCohort StudiesComorbiditySurvival RateRenal Replacement Therapy
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Dialysis or not? A comparative survival study of patients over 75 years with chronic kidney disease stage 5
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation · 2007 · 630 citations
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