Patients with end‐stage kidney disease have significantly increased morbidity and mortality.
While greater attention has been focused on advanced care planning, end‐of‐life decisions …

Comprehensive care of patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) requires expertise in
advance care planning (ACP), including attention to ethical, psychosocial, and spiritual …

Background and objectives: There is ongoing growth of elderly populations with ESRD in
Western Europe and North America. In our center, we offer an alternative care pathway of …

As the importance of providing patient-centered palliative care for patients with advanced
illnesses gains attention, standard dialysis delivery may be inconsistent with the goals of …

Pain is the one of the most common symptoms experienced by patients with ESRD; it
impairs their quality of life and is undertreated. Most pain clinicians believe that the pain …

Nephrologists commonly engage in end-of-life decision-making with patients with ESRD
and their families. The purpose of this study was to determine the perceived preparedness of …

Hospice is recognized for providing excellent end-of-life care but may be underused by
dialysis patients. Hospice use and related outcomes were measured among dialysis …

Patients with chronic kidney disease have a shortened life expectancy and carry a high
symptom burden. Clinicians need sophisticated expertise in pain and symptom …

Background Haemodialysis patients receive very little involvement in their end‐of‐life care
decisions. Issues relating to death and dying are commonly avoided until late in their illness …

ZUNIGA SM, Carlos et al. Evaluación de la calidad de vida en pacientes en hemodiálisis
crónica mediante el cuestionario" Kidney Disease Quality of Life (KDQOL-36)". Rev. méd …