Excess morbidity in patients starting uremia therapy without prior care by a nephrologist

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 841-845

  Ifudu, Onyekachi ^a,b   Dawood, Mohammed ^a   Homel, Peter ^a   Friedman, Eli A ^a  

^a State University of New York Health Sciences University   (United States)

^b SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

hemodialysis; hospitalization; inner city; Kidney failure; managed care; referral; serum creatinine; vascular access

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MORBIDITY; URBAN POPULATION; UREMIA; VASCULAR ACCESS;

EID: 0029823869     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-6386(96)90383-2     Document Type: Article

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