Are there alternatives to hemodialysis for the elderly patient with end-stage renal failure?

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

The trial behind it

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Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed.

1. Distribution Width of Red Blood Cells and Related Factors Among Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.Journal of blood medicine · 2022
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2. Differential item functioning of the CAHPS® In-Center Hemodialysis Survey.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2019
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3. Use of complementary and alternative medicine by patients with end-stage renal disease on haemodialysis in Trinidad: A descriptive study.BMC complementary and alternative medicine · 2017
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4. The Full Spectrum of Clinical Ethical Issues in Kidney Failure. Findings of a Systematic Qualitative Review.PloS one · 2016
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5. The Ethics of Chronic Dialysis for the Older Patient: Time to Reevaluate the Norms.Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN · 2015
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6. The French Chronic Kidney Disease-Renal Epidemiology and Information Network (CKD-REIN) cohort study.Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association · 2014
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7. Ageism vs. the technical imperative, applying the GRADE framework to the evidence on hemodialysis in very elderly patients.Clinical interventions in aging · 2013
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8. Diagnosis and management of chronic kidney disease in the elderly: a field of ongoing debate.Aging and disease · 2012
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9. Assessment of hemodialysis adequacy and its relationship with individual and personal factors.Iranian journal of nursing and midwifery research
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Authors and funding

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Abstract

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