Consequences of late referral of patients with end-stage renal disease

Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 250, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 154-159

  Goransson L G ^a   Bergrem, H ^a  

^a STAVANGER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Chronic renal disease; End stage renal disease; Quality of care; Referral practice

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BICARBONATE; CALCITRIOL; CALCIUM; PHOSPHATE BINDING AGENT; SERUM ALBUMIN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; FEMALE; GLOMERULOPATHY; HEMODIALYSIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; KIDNEY ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; KIDNEY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEPHROLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENOVASCULAR HYPERTENSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REGISTRIES; RENAL DIALYSIS; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034824616     PISSN: 09546820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2796.2001.00869.x     Document Type: Article

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