Does conservative kidney management offer a quantity or quality of life benefit compared to dialysis? A systematic review.

In contrast, three other studies found overall that mortality was equal for patients ≥ 80 years old [ 21 , 32 , 33 ]. Quality of life One prospective cohort study found that patients with CKD5 on CKM had poorer self-reported QoL at baseline compared to patients on dialysis, but only with a borderline significance (p = 0.05) [ 21 ].

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