The incident patient cohort study design with uncontrolled dose: Substantial over-estimation of mortality as a function of peritoneal dialysis dose?

ASAIO Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 1996, Pages

  Gotch, Frank A ^a,h   Gentile, Dominick E ^b   Keen, Marcia L ^c   Amerling, Richard ^d   Folkert, Vaughn W ^e   Kliger, Alan S ^f   Shapiro, Warren B ^g  

^a CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ST JOSEPH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE NORTH AMERICA   (United States)

^d BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g BROOKDALE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; DRUG THERAPY; RISK ASSESSMENT; UREA; UROLOGY;

HEMODIALYSIS; MORTALITY; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS DOSE; POPULATION MORTALITY RISK;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PLASMA CLEARANCE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0030250880     PISSN: 10582916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002480-199609000-00039     Document Type: Review

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