Are there alternatives to hemodialysis for the elderly patient with end-stage renal failure?
Division of Primary Care Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA. thorsteinsdottir.bjorg@mayo.edu
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D000368:Aged; D026686:Beneficence; D003657:Decision Making; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D010166:Palliative Care; D026706:Paternalism; D011379:Prognosis; D011788:Quality of Life; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D016896:Treatment Outcome