The dilemma of renal replacement therapy in patients over 80 years of age. Dialysis should not be withheld.
Department of Internal Medicine, St. Joseph-Krankenhaus, Berlin, Germany.
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D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D017582:Renal Replacement Therapy; D015996:Survival Rate