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Urban, A Katalin.

Nephrology (Carlton) ; 2013 Apr 16.

Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23586343

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Resuscitation status and Advance Care Plans need to be discussed and clearly documented The Liverpool Care Pathway is a recognized model of EOL care in, and has been adapted for patients with end stage renal disease Recognition of a dying patient allows initiation of a multidisciplinary EOL pathway such as the Liverpool Care Pathway for hospital inpatients, and for support for families if a home death is planned. A fall in performance status is an indicator of decline.

ANZSN renal supportive care 2013: opinion pieces [corrected].

Brown, Mark A; Crail, Susan M; Masterson, Rosemary; Foote, Celine; Robins, Jennifer; Katz, Ivor; Josland, Elizabeth; Brennan, Frank; Stallworthy, Elizabeth J; Siva, Brian; Miller, Cathy; Urban, A Katalin; Sajiv, Cherian; Glavish, R Naida; May, Steven; Langham, Robyn; Walker, Robert; Fassett, Robert G; Morton, Rachael L; Stewart, Cameron; Phipps, Lisa; Healy, Helen; Berquier, Ilse.

Nephrology (Carlton) ; 18(6): 401-454, 2013 Jun.

Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23586687

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Decision Support Techniques , Kidney Failure, Chronic/therapy , Nephrology/standards , Palliative Care/standards , Patient Selection , Renal Dialysis/standards , Advance Care Planning/standards , Age Factors , Aged , Attitude to Death , Comorbidity , Cost of Illness , Humans , Kidney Failure, Chronic/ethnology , Kidney Failure, Chronic/mortality , Kidney Failure, Chronic/psychology , Middle Aged , Nephrology/ethics , Palliative Care/ethics , Patient Selection/ethics , Quality of Life , Religion , Renal Dialysis/adverse effects , Renal Dialysis/ethics , Renal Dialysis/mortality , Risk Assessment , Risk Factors , Spirituality , Time Factors , Treatment Outcome , Withholding Treatment/standards

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