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ArticleClinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN2015

Mortality in the Elderly on Dialysis: Is This the Right Debate?

Osasuyi Iyasere, Edwina A Brown

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Article in Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Dialysis in the Elderly: A Practical Guide for the Clinician.International journal of nephrology · 2025
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  2. Temporal changes and risk factors for death from early withdrawal within 12 months of dialysis initiation-a cohort study.Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Osasuyi IyasereImperial College Renal and Transplant Centre, Hammersmith Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
Edwina A BrownImperial College Renal and Transplant Centre, Hammersmith Hospital, London, United Kingdom e.a.brown@imperial.ac.uk.

Funding

The Dunhill Medical Trust R202/0511
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

FemaleHumansKidney Failure, ChronicMalePeritoneal DialysisRenal Dialysiselderlyhemodialysisperitoneal dialysis

Identifiers

PMID25941195
PMCPMC4455200

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