title: The renal palliative care program.
abstract: A 75-year-old man with a 25-year history of type 2 diabetes presents for long-term treatment options. His estimated glomerular filtration rate is 16 mL per minute per 1.73 m(2) of body-surface area. His history is remarkable for ischemic coronary artery disease, congestive heart failure, peripheral artery disease, mild dementia, and colon cancer. He has been admitted to the hospital 4 times in the last 6 months. How should his case be managed?
authors.affiliation: Southern California Permanente Medical Group Renal, USA. phillip.j.tuso@kp.org
authors.forename: Philip
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tuso
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards