Frailty and mortality among dialysis patients
Abstract Frailty is a clinical state in which there is an increase in the individual’s vulnerability to developing increased dependency and/or mortality when exposed to a stressor. Since the mean age of dialysis patients is increasing worldwide, frailty has recently come to be considered one of the...
Main Authors: | Kosaku Nitta, Norio Hanafusa, Ken Tsuchiya |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2017-10-01
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Series: | Renal Replacement Therapy |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41100-017-0122-y |
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