Survival of patients who opt for dialysis versus conservative care: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Carlijn G N VoorendMathijs van OevelenWouter R VerberneIris D van den WittenboerOlaf M DekkersFriedo DekkerAlferso C AbrahamsMarjolijn van BurenSimon P MooijaartWillem Jan W BosPublished in: Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association (2022)
Patients opting for dialysis have an overall lower mortality risk compared with patients opting for CC. However, a high risk of bias and heterogeneous reporting preclude definitive conclusions and results cannot be translated to an individual level.