#	Searches	Results
1	exp Renal Dialysis/	180343
2	exp hemodialysis/	137673
3	(((renal or kidney* or blood) adj5 (dialyses or dialysis)) or hemodialysis or haemodialysis or hemodialyses or haemodialyses or “extracorporeal dialysis” or “extracorporeal dialyses” or “extracorporeal blood cleansing” or hemodialyse or hemorenodialysis or hemorenodialyses or hemotrialysate).mp. [mp = ti, ab, sh, hw, tn, ot, dm, mf, dv, kw, nm, ps, rs, ui, tx, ct]	176110
4	(((renal or kidney* or blood or Peritoneal) adj5 (dialyses or dialysis)) or hemodialysis or haemodialysis or hemodialyses or haemodialyses or “extracorporeal dialysis” or “extracorporeal dialyses” or “extracorporeal blood cleansing” or hemodialyse or hemorenodialysis or hemorenodialyses or hemotrialysate or Hemodiafiltration).mp. [mp = ti, ab, sh, hw, tn, ot, dm, mf, dv, kw, nm, ps, rs, ui, tx, ct]	206776
5	or/1–4	220497
6	limit 5 to yr = “2002 – Current”	112269
7	limit 6 to (“all aged (65 and over)” or “aged (80 and over)”) [Limit not valid in Embase,CDSR; records were retained]	85643
8	limit 7 to aged “65+ years” [Limit not valid in Ovid MEDLINE(R),Ovid MEDLINE(R) In-Process,CDSR; records were retained]	31235
9	(elderly or octagenarian* or nonagenarian* or “very old” or “75 year*” or “80 year*” or “90 year*” or “100 year*” or ((“75” or “80” or “90” or “100”) adj (age or aged))).mp. [mp = ti, ab, sh, hw, tn, ot, dm, mf, dv, kw, nm, ps, rs, ui, tx, ct]	445517
10	6 and 9	2886
11	8 or 10	32086
12	systematic review/	52193
13	(systematic* adj3 review*).mp. [mp = ti, ab, sh, hw, tn, ot, dm, mf, dv, kw, nm, ps, rs, ui, tx, ct]	127590
14	11 and (12 or 13)	231
15	from 14 keep 1–69	69
16	from 10 keep 2833–2885	53
17	15 or 16	122
18	remove duplicates from 17	107
19	exp treatment outcome/or outcome*.mp. or economic*.mp. or exp Economics/or exp “Costs and Cost Analysis” or cost.mp. or costs.mp. or benefit*.mp. or harm*.mp. or preference*.mp. or exp Patient Preference/or “quality of life”.mp. or exp “Quality of Life”/or survival.mp. or exp Survival/or exp survival rate/or “functional status”.mp. or morbidity.mp. or mortality.mp. or exp Morbidity/or exp Mortality/or satisfaction.mp. or exp Patient Satisfaction/[mp = ti, ab, sh, hw, tn, ot, dm, mf, dv, kw, nm, ps, rs, ui, tx, ct]	6917810
20	18 and 19	92
21	limit 20 to (editorial or erratum or letter or note or addresses or autobiography or bibliography or biography or dictionary or directory or interactive tutorial or lectures or legislation or news or newspaper article or patient education handout or periodical index or portraits or published erratum or video-audio media or webcasts) [Limit not valid in Embase,Ovid MEDLINE(R),Ovid MEDLINE(R) In-Process,CDSR; records were retained]	54
22	from 21 keep 1–2	2
23	20 not 22	90