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Shared decision-making in advanced chronic kidney disease in the elderly
Toma de decisiones compartida en la enfermedad renal crónica avanzada del anciano
Manuel Heras Benito
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, María José Fernández-Reyes Luis
Servicio de Nefrología, Hospital General de Segovia, Segovia, Spain
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in addition to assessing renal parameters&#44; such as the degree of glomerular filtration and uraemic symptoms&#44; other factors that can burden the decision-making process also need to be considered&#44; such as high multimorbidity and geriatric syndromes &#40;fragility&#44; disability&#44; cognitive impairment&#41;&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0320"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">8&#44;9</span></a> Other aspects that should be considered in the decision-making process are&#58;</p><p id="par0025" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">First&#44; <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">age affects the CKD prognosis&#46;</span> A study by O&#8217;Hare et al&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0330"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">10</span></a> analysed more than 200&#44;000 American veterans with CKD stage 3&#8211;5&#44; with a follow-up of 3&#46;2 years and described the <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">modulating effect of age</span> on kidney disease&#58; 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1</a>&#46;</p><elsevierMultimedia ident="fig0005"></elsevierMultimedia><span id="sec0020" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0040">Medical recommendations</span><p id="par0045" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The benefit derived from applying a specific treatment for each patient is the basis of any medical indication&#46; Before establishing a medical recommendation in elderly patients with advanced CKD&#44; in addition to laboratory parameters and symptoms&#44; a situation diagnosis should be made through a multidimensional assessment &#40;comprehensive geriatric assessment&#41;&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0320"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">8&#44;9&#44;18&#44;19</span></a></p><span id="sec0025" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0045">Comorbidity</span><p id="par0050" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The prevalence of multimorbidity is increasing due to our ageing population&#46; Thus&#44; elderly patients with advanced CKD have high comorbidity and polypharmacy which affects prognosis&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0380"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">20</span></a> The Charlson comorbidity index has traditionally been the tool used to establish comorbidity&#44; the higher the patient&#39;s score&#44; the worse their prognosis&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0385"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">21</span></a></p></span><span id="sec0030" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0050">Fragility</span><p id="par0055" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Fragility is a multidimensional clinical entity that is defined as a state of vulnerability to stressors&#44; conditioned by the limitation of compensatory mechanisms which&#44; although dynamic over time and potentially modifiable&#44; place the individual in a situation of high health risk&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0390"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">22</span></a> This results in weakness and sarcopenia&#44; and thus the patient has a greater risk of falling and being hospitalised&#44; is more dependent and has a higher mortality&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0395"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">23&#44;24</span></a> Its prevalence increases with age &#40;in patients aged over 85&#44; this rate can be as high as 25&#37;&#41;&#46; Furthermore&#44; in renal patients&#44; other factors &#8211; such as anaemia&#44; inflammation and oxidative stress&#44; together with malnutrition &#40;diets low in protein that try to preserve renal function&#44; or anorexia&#41; &#8211; may contribute to the prevalence of frailty being greater than in the general population&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0395"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">23</span></a> For this reason&#44; carrying out fragility screening in patients older than 70&#44; especially in vulnerable patients such as renal patients&#44; is recommended&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0385"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">21&#44;23</span></a> The Fried Frailty Index is often useful for fragility screening&#44; which considers it to be a syndrome based on various criteria &#8211; involuntary weight loss&#44; weakness&#44; tiredness&#44; slowness and decreased activity&#59; a fragile patient is one who accumulates &#8805;3 items&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0405"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">25</span></a></p><p id="par0060" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">However&#44; in people with complex clinical situations where decisions can be difficult&#44; the Rockwood and Mitnitski<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0410"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">26</span></a> frailty index&#44; which defines fragility by deficit accumulation&#44; is increasingly gaining more importance&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0415"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">27</span></a> This new&#44; more dynamic model suggests that as people get older&#44; they tend to accumulate chronic diseases and situations&#44; which in turn imply a dysfunction in their physiological reserve and&#44; therefore&#44; deficits at cognitive&#44; functional or nutritional levels&#46; The quantification of these deficits at a specific moment determines their <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">frailty index</span> &#40;FI&#41;&#44; which facilitates stratifying risk in an individualised manner&#59; the higher the patient&#39;s FI&#44; the more vulnerable they are&#59; FI values of &#62;0&#46;7 are considered incompatible with life&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0415"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">27</span></a> Thus&#44; knowing a patient&#39;s level of fragility provides more detailed information about their reserve &#40;&#8216;biological age&#8217;&#41; than chronological age does&#58; its clinical measurement is a helpful tool that can assist in designing adequate therapeutic objectives to establish a balance between patients&#8217; clinical situation and their preferences&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0415"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">27</span></a></p></span><span id="sec0035" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0055">Functional status</span><p id="par0065" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Functional status is understood to be an important clinical marker in kidney disease&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0420"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">28</span></a> Functional impairment&#44; or inability to perform basic or instrumental activities in daily life&#44; is common in patients who initiate dialysis&#44; and it continues to deteriorate in patients who continue with dialysis&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0325"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">9</span></a> Kurella et al&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0425"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">29</span></a> studied the functional status of 3702 elderly people &#40;mean age 73&#46;4&#41; living in residences before and after initiating dialysis&#46; They concluded that initiating dialysis was associated with a significant and sustained decrease in these patients&#8217; functional status&#44; in addition to a mortality rate of 58&#37; at 12 months from the start of dialysis&#46; Similarly&#44; a study by Jassal et al&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0430"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">30</span></a> performed in a cohort of octogenarian patients&#44; described the loss of independence after initiating dialysis&#46;</p></span><span id="sec0040" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0060">Cognitive status</span><p id="par0070" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Cognitive deterioration has also been associated with the worsening of renal function&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0435"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">31</span></a> Guerrero et al&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0440"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">32</span></a> showed lower scores on the Mini&#8211;Mental State Examination &#40;MMSE&#41; test in elderly patients with glomerular filtration rate MDRD &#60;60<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>ml&#47;min&#47;1&#46;73<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>m<span class="elsevierStyleSup">2</span>&#46;</p></span><span id="sec0045" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0065">Disease evolution</span><p id="par0075" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">CKD &#40;organ failure&#41; is characterised by a chronic deterioration over months or years&#44; with intermittent acute episodes of deterioration&#44; associated with hospitalisation or appearance of new events&#44; whose outcome may be recovery &#8211; with a deterioration of previous state &#8211; or death&#46; Given these patients&#8217; high multimorbidity&#44; new diseases may appear &#40;neoplasms&#41; and other disease evolutions may overlap&#44; hindering the prediction of its clinical course and its prognosis&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0320"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">8</span></a></p></span><span id="sec0050" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0070">Survival analysis according to indication of conservative renal treatment versus dialysis</span><p id="par0080" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Several studies comparing conservative renal treatment versus dialysis shows greater survival using dialysis when the cohort is considered globally&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0445"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">33&#8211;35</span></a> However&#44; when individual variables are studied separately&#44; such as patients older than 80&#44;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0455"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">35</span></a> a greater functional impairment&#44;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0455"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">35</span></a> high comorbidity<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0445"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">33&#44;34</span></a> or the presence of heart disease&#44;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0445"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">33</span></a> the benefits of dialysis in terms of survival are not much better than conservative renal treatment&#46; A study by Wongrakpanich et al&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0460"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">36</span></a> carried out a systematic review of 12 studies &#40;prospective and retrospective&#41; that included more than 11&#44;000 patients with stage 5 CKD&#44; and found that the median survival for patients who underwent conservative treatment was 6&#8211;30<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>months compared to 8&#8211;67<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>months for dialysis&#44; with dialysis patients being younger and with better functional status&#44; and concluded that efforts should focus on promoting patient values and preferences and reaching a shared decision on the most appropriate treatment modality suitable for each patient individually&#46;</p></span></span><span id="sec0055" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0075">Shared decision making</span><p id="par0085" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Once the situational diagnosis has been established&#44; the patient&#39;s perspective&#44; preferences and&#47;or goals in life&#44; as well as their quality of life&#44; should be measured&#46; Addressing the management of information and verifying to what extent the patient&#47;caregiver has understood the information provided is also important&#46; Support tools can be useful for reaching a consensus in the decision-making process&#46;</p><p id="par0090" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The main issues that need to be decided with the patient&#47;caregiver are&#58; &#40;1&#41; how information is managed&#59; &#40;2&#41; decisions regarding the different therapeutic options in advanced CKD&#58; choice of conservative treatment versus RRT with dialysis or transplantation&#44; and &#40;3&#41; for patients who decide to be treated with dialysis&#58; initiation and&#47;or removal times&#46;</p><span id="sec0060" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0080">Patient preferences and quality of life</span><p id="par0095" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The purposes of interviews during the advanced stages of CKD are to provide information and educate the patient in aspects related to their kidney disease and to understand what patients&#8217; objectives&#44; goals&#44; preferences&#44; values and lifestyle choices are&#44; thus respecting the principle of patient autonomy&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0320"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">8&#44;37</span></a></p><p id="par0100" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Because any illness or injury that compromises life can affect the patient&#39;s quality of life&#44; they are who can best assess their own quality of life&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0355"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">15</span></a> In the case of patients with CKD&#44; when deciding whether to undergo conservative treatment or RRT&#44; all the benefits &#40;not only in terms of survival&#41; should be considered&#44; in addition to the quality of life resulting from either modality&#59; and once the decision is taken&#44; the autonomy of the patient should be respected&#46; There are different tools available to assess quality of life&#44; such as the <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">Short Form</span> SF-36 questionnaire&#44; which assesses physical&#44; social and mental aspects&#44; the <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale</span> and the <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">Satisfaction with Life Scale</span>&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0470"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">38</span></a> It may also be helpful to ask short questions to explore quality of life&#44; such as&#58; Has anyone from your family or friends received dialysis treatment&#63; What was seeing them on dialysis like<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0320"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">8</span></a>&#63; A variety of studies analysing the quality of life of patients undergoing conservative renal treatment or dialysis have found that&#44; although the burden of symptoms at the beginning is significant for patients who choose conservative treatment&#44; with the help of palliative care it is possible to improve the control of symptoms and maintain quality of life&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0470"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">38&#44;39</span></a></p></span><span id="sec0065" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0085">Information management and patient education</span><p id="par0105" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Through personal interviews&#44; a study carried out in Spain analysed the information and choice process of the RRT modality in a group of patients with CKD&#46; This study was conclusive and highlighted the lack of information patients receive&#44; as well as the little time dedicated to providing them with information material or responding to their doubts&#46; In addition&#44; 42&#37; of patients who were on hemodialysis indicated that this modality had been imposed on them&#46; Another aspect that should be noted is the lack of understanding about how dialysis techniques work as age increases&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0480"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">40</span></a></p><p id="par0110" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The process of providing information on CKD and its therapeutic modalities to patients in advanced stages should be initiated early&#44; since the worsening of renal function can be associated with worse cognitive capacity&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0435"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">31</span></a> However&#44; the fact that an excess of information can generate uncertainty and be futile&#44; especially in patients with high multimorbidity&#44; who are at risk of dying from other non-renal processes and with preserved renal function&#44; should also be noted&#46; In this sense&#44; when considering the amount of information to provided patients with&#44; both the renal progression rate and the presence of multimorbidity should be borne in mind&#46; Thus&#44; in patients with slow renal deterioration but with high multimorbidity&#44; the amount of information given should be low&#46; Conversely&#44; patients with rapid renal deterioration and little multimorbidity are at risk of reaching terminal nephropathy and might receive some type of RRT&#44; so preparing them by providing exhaustive information is recommended&#46; In the other categories &#8211; slow progression&#47;low multimorbidity and rapid progression&#47;high multimorbidity &#8211; information management should be personalised&#46;</p><p id="par0115" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">In recent years predictive equations have been developed for progression to ESRD&#44; such as the <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">Kidney Failure Risk Equation</span>&#44;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0485"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">41</span></a> and mortality at 5 years&#44; which considers nine variables &#40;age&#44; sex&#44; race&#44; glomerular filtration rate&#44; protein&#47;creatinine ratio&#44; tobacco consumption&#44; diabetes mellitus&#44; stroke and heart failure&#41;&#44;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0490"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">42</span></a> which can be useful tools when deciding who and how to inform&#46;</p><p id="par0120" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Ensuring the patient is sufficiently informed must be accompanied by ensuring they have understood the information that has been provided to them&#44; given that decline in comprehension skills is normal in advanced ages&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0480"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">40</span></a> In addition&#44; senses such as vision&#44; hearing&#44; as well as other functions &#40;executive&#44; cognitive&#44; orientation in space&#41;&#44; can also be affected by normal ageing and hinder understanding and education and&#44; consequently&#44; the decision-making process&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0495"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">43</span></a> Likewise&#44; these patients with CKD usually have a high burden of anxiety and depression which can negatively affect their ability to retain information&#46; The participation of a multidisciplinary team&#44; establishing strategies to mitigate these barriers in the elderly &#40;use of glasses&#44; hearing aids&#44; correct lighting&#44; adequate font size&#41;&#44; strategies to improve communication &#40;use of direct and concise language&#41; and carrying out anxiety&#47;depression screening&#44; are the key to incorporating patients&#8217; values and preference in the decision-making process&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0495"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">43&#8211;45</span></a> Regarding compliance with treatments or indications&#44; adherence can be improved by simplifying instructions&#44; reinforcing behaviours and involving a caregiver&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0495"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">43</span></a></p></span><span id="sec0070" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0090">Contextual elements</span><p id="par0125" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The patient can be both positively or negatively influenced by other contextual aspects &#8211; social&#44; economic&#44; psychological or spiritual &#8211; which can affect the decision-making process&#46; Awareness of these aspects&#44; and their resolution should they be conflictive&#44; can also support the decision-making process&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0320"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">8</span></a></p></span><span id="sec0075" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0095">Tools that support the decision-making process</span><p id="par0130" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">A shared decision &#40;medical recommendations and patients&#8217; preferences&#41; can be reached through carrying out an educational process with a multidisciplinary team &#40;nephrologist&#44; nurse&#44; social worker and psychologist&#44; among others&#41; and the help of decision-making tools&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0315"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">7&#44;46</span></a> Some of these tools include the following guides&#58; &#8220;Dialysis&#58; making the decisions that best suit you&#8221; &#40;a dialysis decision-making guide&#44; available at www&#46;senefro&#46;org&#41;&#44;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0515"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">47</span></a> or &#8220;Chronic kidney disease&#58; what treatment is best for me&#63;&#8221; &#40;a guide prepared by the Junta de Andaluc&#237;a&#44; Regional Ministry of Health&#41;&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0520"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">48</span></a> These tools provide information on CKD and explain the risks and benefits of the different treatment modalities as well as the options the patient has according to their profile and lifestyle&#44; so that they can reach a viable conclusion&#46; The implementation of a systematic educational process&#44; together with the aforementioned tools&#44; can ensure a high level of agreement between the chosen and the end modalities&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0510"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">46</span></a></p></span></span></span><span id="sec0080" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0100">No initiation&#44; initiation or withdrawal from dialysis</span><span id="sec0085" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0105">No initiation of dialysis</span><p id="par0135" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The patient&#44; previously informed of the risks and benefits of dialysis and who has the ability to make decisions&#44; can chose not to initiate dialysis when there is a situation of terminal nephropathy and the need for dialysis could arise<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0525"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">49</span></a>&#59; and should they be unable to express this rejection&#44; it could be requested through an advanced directives document or the patient&#39;s legal representative Furthermore&#44; certain medical situations&#44; such as irreversible neurological problems or terminal &#40;non-renal&#41; processes&#44; also contraindicate entry into the RRT programme&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0355"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">15</span></a></p></span><span id="sec0090" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0110">Initiation of dialysis</span><p id="par0140" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Mathematical formulas derived from serum creatinine or Cystatin <span class="elsevierStyleSmallCaps">C</span> facilitates early detection of CKD&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0530"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">50</span></a> However&#44; these mathematical formulas are inaccurate and have not yet been validated in the elderly&#44; so could possibly produce errors in diagnosis&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0530"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">50&#44;51</span></a> The glomerular filtration rate value should not be the only parameter to indicate dialysis in patients who have chosen this treatment modality&#58; the analysis of other analytical parameters &#40;potassium&#44; bicarbonate&#44; etc&#46;&#41; together with their symptomatology should also be considered when making this decision&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0310"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">6&#44;8</span></a> The main symptoms that could justify the initiation of dialysis include&#58; oliguria or anuria &#8211; which lead to volume overload &#8211; refractory to intensive diuretic treatment&#44; severe metabolic acidosis and hyperkalaemia&#44; uraemic pericarditis or significant nutritional deterioration associated with restrictive diets for renal preservation&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0310"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">6</span></a></p><p id="par0145" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Regarding whether to initiate dialysis early or later&#44; some studies have pointed out that initiating early &#40;with a higher level of glomerular filtration&#41; could be detrimental in the elderly when there is a loss of residual renal function&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0325"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">9&#44;52&#44;53</span></a></p><p id="par0150" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">On the other hand&#44; in situations of acute renal failure that may occur during the hospitalisation of patients with advanced CKD&#44; the need for &#8216;acute&#8217; dialysis may be debated&#46; These situations should be debated in initial conversations regarding the therapeutic options available for CKD&#46; Also&#44; in cases of doubt about the treatments&#44; or when patients have acute renal failure&#44; <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">dialysis as a test</span> could be indicated&#44; with marked objectives and for a limited time&#46; This could offer prognostic utility for patients who recover renal function after acute renal failure by providing information on chronic dialysis&#59; it is therefore another tool to support the decision-making process&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0310"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">6&#44;49</span></a></p></span><span id="sec0095" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0115">Withdrawal from dialysis</span><p id="par0155" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">A treatment is not indicated if it causes damage or worsens the quality of life&#46; The use of RRT can be called into question if it does not improve patients&#8217; who are terminally ill quality of life&#44; or it causes suffering and a significant burden for the family&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0355"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">15&#44;49</span></a> The appearance of a new serious disease that may affect the short-term vital prognosis &#40;cancer&#41; or the presence of a new morbidity during the dialysis period&#44; such as calciphylaxis&#44; stroke&#44; amputations&#44; dementia or haemodynamic instability during the dialysis technique&#44; may lead to a possible withdrawal from dialysis&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0550"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">54</span></a> Generally&#44; if the patient is cognitively able to and states their willingness to withdraw from dialysis or there is an advanced directives document&#44; their decision should be respected&#44; thus preventing conflict&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0525"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">49</span></a> However&#44; it is common for patients with advanced CKD or on dialysis to be unaware of their illness and not plan for the end of life&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0525"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">49</span></a> In these cases&#44; once the dialysis is initiated there may be conflicts when it comes to withdrawing the dialysis&#44; between the professional &#40;who is aware that without dialysis death may occur within one day or several months&#44; depending on the presence or absence of residual kidney function&#41; and the family or caregivers&#46; For the resolution of these difficult cases of dialysis withdrawal&#44; the help of the an ethics committees can be another tool in the decision-making process&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0355"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">15&#44;54</span></a></p></span></span><span id="sec0100" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0120">Palliative care and advanced chronic kidney disease</span><p id="par0160" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The application of the principles of palliative care and end-of-life care is essential for a comprehensive and multidisciplinary approach to caring for patients with advanced CKD and terminal nephropathy&#44; and should begin in the initial stages of the disease and continue until the patient&#39;s death and the mourning period&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0320"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">8&#44;55</span></a></p><p id="par0165" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">In addition to the specific symptoms of their disease &#40;anaemia or electrolyte abnormalities&#41;&#44; renal patients also usually present other nonspecific symptoms&#44; such as pain&#44; sleep disturbances&#44; digestive disorders or mood disorders &#40;which may worsen before death&#41;&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0320"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">8&#44;55</span></a> In addition&#44; some symptoms can be difficult to recognise &#40;particularly in professionals with little experience in kidney disease&#41;&#44; and their lack of detection can have a negative impact on the patient&#39;s quality of life&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0560"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">56</span></a> The participation of a palliative care multidisciplinary team would not only facilitate appropriate treatment of the current symptoms&#44; but would also help in identifying them earlier&#44; which can contribute to improving the patient and their family&#39;s quality of life&#46; The use of supportive tools such as the <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">Palliative Care Outcome Scale-Symptoms Modified for renal patients</span> &#40;POS-S renal&#41; scale may be useful for addressing these patients&#8217; symptoms&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0560"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">56</span></a></p><p id="par0170" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Furthermore&#44; these patients present other needs that should also be addressed with palliative care&#44; such as psychosocial and spiritual support and education for both the patient and the family&#47;caregivers&#46;</p><p id="par0175" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Additionally&#44; establishing an anticipated care plan&#44; that focuses mainly on the patient &#40;rather than the disease&#41; is of interest&#59; it should improve communication between the multidisciplinary team and the patient and&#47;or family&#44; and clearly outline the patient&#39;s preferences and wishes for their end of life&#46; This plan should be carried out after honest and realistic information of their status has been given&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0560"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">56</span></a> This anticipated care plan should begin from the moment the answer to the following question is &#8216;no&#8217;&#58; &#8220;Would you be surprised if this patient died within 6&#8211;12<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>months&#63;&#8221;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0320"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">8</span></a></p></span><span id="sec0105" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0125">Conclusions</span><p id="par0180" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Decision making in elderly patients with advanced chronic kidney disease is complex&#58; in addition to glomerular filtration and uraemic symptoms&#44; multimorbidity and geriatric syndromes &#40;fragility&#44; cognitive impairment&#44; disability&#41; must also be considered&#46; Care includes the management of information&#44; the choice of treatment modality &#40;conservative or renal replacement therapy&#41; and the time of initiating and&#47;or withdrawal from dialysis&#46; A multidisciplinary approach&#44; within the framework of bioethical principles&#44; can help reach a shared consensus in the decision-making process between medical indication and the patient&#39;s preferences&#46;<elsevierMultimedia ident="tb0005"></elsevierMultimedia></p></span><span id="sec0115" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0135">Conflict of interest</span><p id="par0225" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">There are no conflicts of interest or financing&#46;</p></span></span>"
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