Comparing mortality rates on CAPD/CCPD and hemodialysis. The Canadian experience: Fact or fiction?

Peritoneal Dialysis International

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 478-484

  Schaubel, Douglas E ^a   Morrison, Howard I ^a   Fenton, Stanley S A ^b,c  

^a LAB CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

As treated analysis; End stage renal disease; Hemodialysis; Intent to treat analysis; Mortality; Time dependency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031772495     PISSN: 08968608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/089686089801800504     Document Type: Article

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