2020
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfaa142.p1505
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P1505comorbidity and Age of Dialysis Patients Outperforms Frailty Burden as a Predictor for Mortality

Abstract: Background and Aims The life expectancy in dialysis patients depends on patients’ age and comorbidities. Frailty in elderly patients is a state of impaired homeostasis with loss of physiologic reserve and a consequent impaired responses to dialysis burden. In this study we assessed the impact of age, comorbidities and frailty on dialysis patients’ survival. Method The study enrolled 162 prevalent patients on chronic hemodialy… Show more

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