Calculate benefit before dialysis for frail elders

Thursday, October 15, 2009 - 06:00 in Health & Medicine

Kidney specialists should weigh the potential quality of life for frail elders with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) in opting for dialysis over more conservative therapies, a nephrologist and a palliative care specialist suggest in an editorial in the New England Journal of Medicine...

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