Survival among older adults with kidney failure is better in the first three years with chronic dialysis treatment than not
(2018)
Journal Article
Tam-Tham, H., Quinn, R. R., Weaver, R. G., Zhang, J., Ravani, P., Liu, P., Thomas, C., King-Shier, K., Fruetel, K., James, M. T., Manns, B. J., Tonelli, M., Murtagh, F. E., & Hemmelgarn, B. R. (2018). Survival among older adults with kidney failure is better in the first three years with chronic dialysis treatment than not. Kidney International, 94(3), 582-588. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.kint.2018.03.007
Comparisons of survival between dialysis and nondialysis care for older adults with kidney failure have been limited to those managed by nephrologists, and are vulnerable to lead and immortal time biases. So we compared time to all-cause mortality am... Read More about Survival among older adults with kidney failure is better in the first three years with chronic dialysis treatment than not.