Elevated levels of serum creatinine: Recommendations for management and referral

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 161, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 413-417

  Mendelssohn, David C ^a,i   Barrett, Brendan J ^b   Brownscombe, Larry M ^c   Ethier, Jean ^d   Greenberg, David E ^e   Kanani, Subodh D ^f   Levin, Adeera ^g   Toffelmire, Edwin B ^h  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e Medicine Group   (Canada)

^f Coll of Family Physicians of Canada ^*  (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^h QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

ⁱ NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CONSULTATION; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; EMERGENCY; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; NEPHROLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0033600581     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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