Add to ORKGElderly patients comprise the most rapidly growing population initiating dialysis therapy and may derive particular benefit from comprehensive assessment of geriatric syndromes, coexisting comorbid conditions, and overall prognosis. Palliative care is a philosophy that aims to improve quality of life and assist with treatment decision making for patients with serious illness such as kidney disease. Palliative skills for the nephrology provider can aid in the care of these patients. This review provides nephrology providers with 4 primary palliative care skills to guide treatment decision making: (1) use prognostic tools to identify patients who may benefit from conservative management, (2) disclose prognostic information to patients who may...
Background Older patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) are willing participants in advance c...
Abstract Dialysis initiation rates among older adults, aged 75 years or greater, are increasing at a...
Over a decade ago, the Renal Physicians Association and the American Society of Nephrology published...
Elderly patients comprise the most rapidly growing population initiating dialysis therapy and may de...
Patients with end-stage kidney disease have significantly increased morbidity and mortality. While g...
In the last years the population of patients with end-stage renal disease has been growing and the n...
Cancer and chronic kidney disease prevalence both increase with age. As a consequence, physicians ar...
Background: End-stage renal disease carries a prognosis similar to cancer yet only 20 % of end-stage...
Compared to younger individuals, the prevalence of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) in elders is notab...
Patients with chronic kidney disease have a shortened life expectancy and carry a high symptom burde...
Background The shared decision making (SDM) process when deciding the appropriateness of dialysis f...
Nephrologists commonly engage in end-of-life decision-making with patients with ESRD and their famil...
Objectives: This review summarises the information available for clinicians counselling older patien...
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) has increasingly become a geriatric disease, with a dramatic rise in ...
International audienceBackground - Elderly patients with advanced chronic kidney disease require acc...
Background Older patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) are willing participants in advance c...
Abstract Dialysis initiation rates among older adults, aged 75 years or greater, are increasing at a...
Over a decade ago, the Renal Physicians Association and the American Society of Nephrology published...
Elderly patients comprise the most rapidly growing population initiating dialysis therapy and may de...
Patients with end-stage kidney disease have significantly increased morbidity and mortality. While g...
In the last years the population of patients with end-stage renal disease has been growing and the n...
Cancer and chronic kidney disease prevalence both increase with age. As a consequence, physicians ar...
Background: End-stage renal disease carries a prognosis similar to cancer yet only 20 % of end-stage...
Compared to younger individuals, the prevalence of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) in elders is notab...
Patients with chronic kidney disease have a shortened life expectancy and carry a high symptom burde...
Background The shared decision making (SDM) process when deciding the appropriateness of dialysis f...
Nephrologists commonly engage in end-of-life decision-making with patients with ESRD and their famil...
Objectives: This review summarises the information available for clinicians counselling older patien...
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) has increasingly become a geriatric disease, with a dramatic rise in ...
International audienceBackground - Elderly patients with advanced chronic kidney disease require acc...
Background Older patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) are willing participants in advance c...
Abstract Dialysis initiation rates among older adults, aged 75 years or greater, are increasing at a...
Over a decade ago, the Renal Physicians Association and the American Society of Nephrology published...