Reduced and declining physical function in prevalent dialysis patients--identifying the vulnerable.
- Resource Type
- Editorial
- Authors
- FINDLAY, MARK D.; MARK, PATRICK B.
- Source
- Age & Ageing. Jul2017, Vol. 46 Issue 4, p541-543. 3p.
- Subject
- *AGING
*CHRONIC kidney failure
*EXERCISE
*HEMODIALYSIS
*HEMODIALYSIS patients
*LIFE skills
*QUALITY of life
- Language
- ISSN
- 0002-0729
The author discusses the paper "A Closer Look at the Trajectory of Physical Functioning in Chronic Hemodialysis," by I van Loon and colleagues published in a 2017 issue of "Age Ageing." He enumerates the auditable treatment targets of hemodialysis and the efforts that are being made towards patient reported outcomes in renal medicine. He also describes the effect of age on physical function as detailed in the said paper.