Supportive care in advanced chronic kidney disease: Withholding and withdrawing dialysis therapy

Over the latest few decades, dialysis has been offered to older and more complex patients. This treatment can increase the symptom burden and also add new symptoms that can have a profound impact in frail and/or elderly patients with multiple comorbidities. A quality of life approach may be more des...

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Autor principal: Belino,C (author)
Outros Autores: Meng,C (author), Neto,R (author), Gonçalves,E (author)
Formato: article
Idioma:eng
Publicado em: 2018
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Texto completo:http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0872-01692018000200007
País:Portugal
Oai:oai:scielo:S0872-01692018000200007