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Nephrology

Palliative Care in ESRD

Multiple efforts are being made to improve the quality of life for dialysis patients.
CME credit is no longer available for this conference.

Course Authors

Frieda Wolf, M.D.

Dr. Wolf is Assistant Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York.

Within the past 12 months, Dr.Wolf reports no commercial conflicts of interest.

Release Date: 03/19/2007

 
Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this Cyberounds®, you should be able to:

  • Describe the increasing burden of comorbidities faced by geriatric patients with ESRD

  • Discuss the withdrawal/withholding of therapy and its consequences -- many symptoms and ultimately death for ESRD patients

  • Incorporate principles of end-of-life care into the care of the dialysis patient in order to improve their quality of life and quality of death.

 

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

This conference may include discussion of commercial products and services.

The opinions expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the sponsor or its publisher. Please review complete prescribing information of specific drugs or combination of drugs, including indications, contraindications, warnings and adverse effects before administering pharmacologic therapy to patients.

 

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