Consequences of late referral on patient outcomes

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 15, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2000, Pages 8-13

  Levin, Adeera ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dialysis; Early renal insufficiency; Renal disease; Screening; Serum creatinine

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEPHROLOGY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PUBLICATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; TIME;

EID: 0033824474     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.ndt.a027977     Document Type: Article

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