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Editorial: Dialysis and the age-friendly health system initiative

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  • 06/25/2025
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    Dipal M. Patel, Johns Hopkins UniversityC. Barrett Bowling, Durham Veterans Affairs Geriatric Research Education and Clinical CenterLaura Plantinga, Emory UniversityBernard G. Jaar, Johns Hopkins University
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  • English
Date
  • 2023-03-14
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  • Frontiers
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  • © 2023 Patel, Bowling, Plantinga and Jaar
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  • 3
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  • 1170566
Abstract
  • Older patients requiring dialysis are at high risk of morbidity and mortality, with an average of less than three expected remaining years of life in prevalent patients with kidney failure aged 85 years or older (1). In fact, in patients over 75 years old with comorbidities, initiation of dialysis may not confer a large survival advantage compared to conservative management (2). Still, patients over 75 years old comprise the largest age group of prevalent patients on dialysis (1). To engage in well-informed shared decision-making surrounding treatment options, clinicians should possess adequate knowledge surrounding the symptom burden and life impact of kidney disease in older patients. Acknowledgement, assessment, and management of geriatric syndromes is highly relevant to care of this vulnerable group of patients.
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  • Health Sciences, General

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