Practical aspects of stopping dialysis and cultural differences

作者: Carl M. Kjellstrand

DOI: 10.1007/978-94-015-7969-8_8

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摘要: Stopping dialysis, as a cause of death is common, particularly in North America. In the USA it now third most common dialysis patients, and Canada second cause, after vascular deaths, illustrated Figure 1.

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