# Functional Status of Elderly Adults before and after Initiation of Dialysis

**Type:** Papers  
**Canonical URL:** https://scholariq.org/papers/functional-status-of-elderly-adults-before-and-after-initiation-of-dialysis/

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Author Names | Manjula Kurella Tamura,Kenneth E. Covinsky,Glenn M. Chertow,Kristine Yaffe,C. Seth Landefeld,Charles E. McCulloch |
| Citations | 1,056 |
| DOI | 10.1056/nejmoa0904655 |
| Fields | Medicine |
| Open Access | true |
| OA Status | bronze |
| OA URL | https://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJMoa0904655?articleTools=true |
| OpenAlex ID | https://openalex.org/W2169328204 |
| PMID | 19828531 |
| Type | article |
| Year | 2009 |

## Paper authors

- [Glenn M. Chertow](https://scholariq.org/researchers/glenn-m-chertow/)
- [Kenneth E. Covinsky](https://scholariq.org/researchers/kenneth-e-covinsky/)
- [Kristine Yaffe](https://scholariq.org/researchers/kristine-yaffe/)

## Paper journal

- [New England Journal of Medicine](https://scholariq.org/journals/new-england-journal-of-medicine/)

## Paper primary topic

- [Dialysis and Renal Disease Management](https://scholariq.org/topics/dialysis-and-renal-disease-management/)

## Paper topics

- [Dialysis and Renal Disease Management](https://scholariq.org/topics/dialysis-and-renal-disease-management/)
- [Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes](https://scholariq.org/topics/chronic-kidney-disease-and-diabetes/)
- [Heart Failure Treatment and Management](https://scholariq.org/topics/heart-failure-treatment-and-management/)

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