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Seniors self image with arteriousvenous fistula on hemodialytic treatment
Machado, Fabrícia Silvino; Barbosa, Conrado Carvalho Horta; Wollmann, Patrícia Galdino de Andrade; Barbosa, Patrícia de Mello Faria Horta; Gomes, LucyAs the aging leaves, and usually, the Chronic Kidney Disease, the arteriovenous fistula (AVF) establishment comes, making possible hemodialytic treatment, but carrying potential commitment on sefl image. This cross sectional, observational and transversal study, have the goal to evaluate self image on seniors who carry a arteriovenous fistula (AVF). We verified not to have negative repercussions as a perception...
Quality of life of elderly submitted hemodialysis: a systematic review
Machado, Fabrícia Silvino; Vianna, Lucy Gomes; Vilaça, Karla Helena Coelho; Oliveira, Maria Liz Cunha de; Faleiros, Vicente; Moraes, Clayton FrancoThis study aims to understand the current landscape of national literature on quality of life (QOL) of elderly undergoing hemodialysis and the possible effects of treatment, through a systematic review of studies conducted in the last decade. A search was made in the indexing databases of the Virtual Health Library (VHL) in the period 2003-2013. It was concluded that there are numerous factors that cause low QO...