The impact of co-morbid risk factors at the start of dialysis upon the survival of ESRD patients

ASAIO Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 164-169

  Mailloux, Lionel U ^a,b   Napolitano, Barbara ^a,b   Bellucci, Alessandro G ^a,b   Mossey, Robert T ^a,b   Vernace, Melchiore A ^a,b   Wilkes, Barry M ^a,b  

^a NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; DISEASES; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; PATIENT TREATMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT;

COMORBID RISK FACTORS; END STAGE RENAL DISEASES (ESRD);

DIALYSIS;

ALBUMIN; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIALYSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

EID: 0030152761     PISSN: 10582916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002480-199642030-00008     Document Type: Article

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