The Urea Reduction Ratio and Serum Albumin Concentration as Predictors of Mortality in Patients Undergoing Hemodialysis

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 329, Issue 14, 1993, Pages 1001-1006

  Owen, William F ^a   Lew, Nancy L ^b   Liu, Yan ^b   Lowrie, Edmund G ^b   Lazarus, J Michael ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b W R GRACE AND CO CONN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; UREA;

ADULT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; ODDS RATIO; RENAL DIALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SERUM ALBUMIN; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; UREA;

EID: 0027491558     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199309303291404     Document Type: Article

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