Differences in quality of life and cognition between the elderly and the very elderly hemodialysis patients

Abstract Introduction: In the last decades, there was an expressive increase in the number of elderly patients with chronic kidney disease starting hemodialysis. Thus, our goal was to evaluate the profile of the elderly in chronic hemodialysis and to compare the cognition and quality of life of the...

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Main Authors: Fernanda Siqueira Viana, Yolanda Eliza M. Boechat, Jocemir Ronaldo Lugon, Jorge Paulo Strogoff de Matos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Nefrologia 2019-03-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Nephrology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-28002019005012101&lng=en&tlng=en