Frailty Intervention Trial iN End-Stage patientS on haemodialysis (FITNESS): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Abstract Background Frailty is a state of low physiological reserve and multi-systemic dysregulation that leads to susceptibility to external stressors; it is associated with adverse outcomes. North American data suggest that haemodialysis recipients are more likely to be frail than the general popu...

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Main Authors: Benjamin M. Anderson, Mary Dutton, Edward Day, Thomas A. Jackson, Charles J. Ferro, Adnan Sharif
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-08-01
Series:Trials
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13063-018-2842-x