Witholding dialysis in elderly patients with chronic kidney disease

Czech version

Authors: Zuzana Křemenová ¹; Barbora Szonowská ²; Barbora Vráblová ³
Authors‘ workplace: I. interní klinika 3. LF UK a FN Královské Vinohrady Praha ¹; Interní oddělení Strahov VFN Praha ²; Advokátní kancelář Mgr. MUDr. Dagmar Záleská, Praha ³
Published in: Vnitř Lék 2020; 66(4): 53-60
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Overview

Elderly patients with advanced chronic kidney disease have high symptom burden, despite the progress in renal replacement therapy. Dialysis is not a good option especially for frail elderly patients with higher comorbidity rate. Integration of palliative and supportive care to conservative management improves quality of life and prolongs survival of these patients. Conservative management of symptoms, prognostication, communication of advance care plans and shared-decision making should be a part of physician‘s skills. There are some recommended prognostication systems in nephrology, which can help to facilitate the physician-patient communication about therapeutic goals of care. Ethical and jural aspects of the process are also very important.

Keywords:

advanced care plan – conservative management – frailty – chronic kidney disease – palliative/supportive care – prognostication

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