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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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Bourne L. Auguste, Christopher T. Chan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2019-09-01
Series:Canadian Journal of Kidney Health and Disease
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2054358119871031