Infective endocarditis: a frequent disease in dialysis patients.

1. Ansell D, Feest T, eds. UK Renal Registry Report 2002. UK Renal Registry, Bristol, UK 2. Lamping D, Constantinovici N, Roderick P, Normand C, Henderson L, Harris S, Brown E, Gruen R, Victor C. Clinical outcomes, quality of life, and costs in the North Thames Dialysis Study of elderly people on dialysis: a prospective cohort study. Lancet 2000; 356: 1543–1550 3. Chandra SM, Shulz J, Lawrence C, Greenwood RN, Farrington K. Is there a rationale for rationing chronic dialysis? A hospital based cohort study of factors affecting survival and morbidity. Br Med J 1999; 318: 217–223 4. Smith C, DaSilva-Gare M, Chandra S. Choosing not to dialyse: evaluation of planned non-dialytic management in a cohort of patients with end-stage renal failure. Nephron Clin Pract 2003; 95: c40–c6 5. Weisbord SD, Carmody SS, Bruns FJ, Rotondi AJ, Cohen LM, Zeidel ML, Arnold RM. Symptom burden, quality of life, advance care planning and the potential value of palliative care in severely ill haemodialysis patients. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2003; 18: 1345–1352