- Dedication
- Foreword
- Preface
- Contributor
- Symbols and abbreviations
- Chapter 1 End-stage kidney disease
- Chapter 2 Comorbidity
- Chapter 3 Complications of end-stage kidney disease
- Chapter 4 Causes of death in end-stage kidney disease
- Chapter 5 Health-related quality of life in end-stage kidney disease
- Chapter 6 Symptom assessment and trajectories
- Chapter 7 The management of pain
- Chapter 8 Non-pain symptoms in end-stage kidney disease
- Chapter 9 How to deliver the best supportive and palliative care
- Chapter 10 Recognizing dying
- Chapter 11 Communicating with patients and families
- Chapter 12 Ethical and legal considerations
- Chapter 13 Management of the last few days
- Chapter 14 Spiritual and religious care
- Chapter 15 Caring for the carers
- Chapter 16 Drug doses in advanced chronic kidney disease
- Chapter 17 Audit and research in renal end of life care
- Appendix Resources
- Index
(p. 65) Causes of death in end-stage kidney disease
- Chapter:
- (p. 65) Causes of death in end-stage kidney disease
- Author(s):
Edwina Brown
, Fliss Murtagh
, Emma Murphy
, and Max Watson
- DOI:
- 10.1093/med/9780199695690.003.0004
Mortality 66
Causes of death 68
Cardiac arrest 70
Stopping dialysis 72
Conservative care 74
Predicting the end of life 76
Mortality rates for patients with ESKD are worse than for most cancers with an overall median survival of less than 6 years, though this does vary with age. UK Renal Registry data...
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- Dedication
- Foreword
- Preface
- Contributor
- Symbols and abbreviations
- Chapter 1 End-stage kidney disease
- Chapter 2 Comorbidity
- Chapter 3 Complications of end-stage kidney disease
- Chapter 4 Causes of death in end-stage kidney disease
- Chapter 5 Health-related quality of life in end-stage kidney disease
- Chapter 6 Symptom assessment and trajectories
- Chapter 7 The management of pain
- Chapter 8 Non-pain symptoms in end-stage kidney disease
- Chapter 9 How to deliver the best supportive and palliative care
- Chapter 10 Recognizing dying
- Chapter 11 Communicating with patients and families
- Chapter 12 Ethical and legal considerations
- Chapter 13 Management of the last few days
- Chapter 14 Spiritual and religious care
- Chapter 15 Caring for the carers
- Chapter 16 Drug doses in advanced chronic kidney disease
- Chapter 17 Audit and research in renal end of life care
- Appendix Resources
- Index