Starting dialysis at age 75 years or older -- outcomes data to help in shared decision making.
Research from Mayo Clinic finds that half of elderly patients who start dialysis after age 75 will die within one year.
Lead study author and a health care delivery scholar with the Mayo Clinic Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, Dr. Bjorg Thorsteinsdottir says many elderly patients and their families feel that they have no choice but to start dialysis, with several expressing regret from having initiated therapy.
The findings were presented at the American Society of Nephrology's Kidney Week 2013 in Atlanta.
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