Screening tools to expedite assessment of frailty in people receiving haemodialysis: a diagnostic accuracy study
Abstract Background Frailty is associated with multiple adverse outcomes in stage-5 chronic kidney disease (CKD-5) and upwards of one third of people receiving haemodialysis (HD) are frail. While many frailty screening methods are available in both uremic and non-uremic populations, their implementa...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2021-07-01
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| Series: | BMC Geriatrics |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-021-02356-x |