Duration of dialysis and its relationship to dialysis adequacy, anemia management, and serum albumin level

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 813-823

  Rocco, Michael V ^a,b,c   Bedinger, Marjorie R ^a,b,c   Milam, Roger ^a,b,c   Greer, Joel W ^a,b,c   McClellan, William M ^a,b,c   Frankenfield, Diane L ^a,b,c  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemia; Erythropoietin; Glomerular filtration rate (GFR); Hemodialysis (HD); Kt V urea; Serum albumin; Urea reduction ratio (URR)

Indexed keywords

BROMCRESOL PURPLE; BROMOCRESOL GREEN; IRON; RECOMBINANT ERYTHROPOIETIN; SERUM ALBUMIN; UREA;

ADULT; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IRON DEFICIENCY; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034809866     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/ajkd.2001.27701     Document Type: Article

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