Home Dialysis Among Elderly Patients: Outcomes and Future Directions
Elderly patients who receive home dialysis (peritoneal dialysis or home hemodialysis) may have reduced survival compared to younger patients. Therefore, it is important to ascertain the goals of home dialysis in the elderly rather than simply fixate on standard metrics such as technique survival. As...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2019-09-01
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Series: | Canadian Journal of Kidney Health and Disease |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/2054358119871031 |