Optimizing medical care for geriatric patients in Austria: defining a top five list of "Choosing Wisely" recommendations using the Delphi technique.

Walter SchippingerAnna GlechnerKarl HorvathUlrike SommereggerThomas FrühwaldPeter DovjakGeorg PinterBernhard IglsederPeter MrakWalter MüllerGerald OhrenbergerEva MannBirgit BöhmdorferRegina Elisabeth Roller-Wirnsberger

Published in: European geriatric medicine (2018)

The selected recommendations have the potential to improve medical care for older patients, to reduce side effects caused by unnecessary medical procedures, and to save costs in the health care system.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
clinical practice
peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors