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Peter Hedderich1, Luis Ng Sueng2, Hesham Shaban3
1Department of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, Henry Ford Health, Detroit, MI.
Abstract:
Conservative kidney management is a nondialytic treatment option for advanced chronic kidney disease that involves interventions to delay kidney function loss, medications to treat symptoms, and psychosocial support for patients and their loved ones. Several geriatric medicine principles are applicable to patients who are considering or receiving conservative kidney management, including the integration of physical, psychological, and social factors into medical care and medical decisions; careful review of medication lists with selective deprescribing; and screening for geriatric syndromes such as frailty and functional impairment. In this review, we discuss how functional and frailty assessments as well as selective deprescribing can be useful for patients considering or receiving conservative kidney management.
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