Can we improve early mortality in patients receiving renal replacement therapy?

Kidney International

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 2539-2545

  Metcalfe, Wendy ^a,b   Khan, Izhar H ^a   Prescott, Gordon J ^a   Simpson, Keith ^a   MacLeod, Alison M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b Glasgow Royal Infirmary ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cormorbidity; Dialysis; End stage renal disease; Scottish Renal Registry; Serum albumin

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034128697     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1755.2000.00113.x     Document Type: Article

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