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Title
Octogenarians and nonagenarians starting dialysis in the United States.
Authors
Kurella, Manjula; Covinsky, Kenneth E; Collins, Alan J; Chertow, Glenn M
Abstract
The elderly constitute the fastest-growing segment of the end-stage renal disease (ESRD) population, but the epidemiology and outcomes of dialysis among the very elderly, that is, those 80 years of age and older, have not been previously examined at a national level.
Publication
Annals of internal medicine, 2007, Vol 146, Issue 3, p177