Conservative Management and End-of-Life Care in an Australian Cohort with ESRD.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

We aimed to determine the proportion of patients who switched to dialysis after confirmed plans for conservative care and compare survival and end-of-life care among patients choosing conservative care with those initiating RRT.

Design, setting, participants, & measurements

A cohort study of 721 patients on incident dialysis, patients receiving transplants, and conservatively managed patients from 66 Australian renal units entered into the Patient Information about Options for Treatment Study from July 1 to September 30, 2009 were followed for 3 years. A two-sided binomial test assessed the proportion of patients who switched from conservative care to RRT. Cox regression, stratified by center and adjusted for patient and treatment characteristics, e

SUBMITTER: Morton RL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5142079 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature