Pulmonary infectious mortality among patients with end-stage renal disease

Chest

Volumn 120, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1883-1887

  Sarnak, Mark J ^a   Jaber, Bertrand L ^a  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic renal failure; Hemodialysis; Infection; Kidney transplantation; Mortality; Peritoneal dialysis; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATISTICS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY GRAFT; LUNG INFECTION; MALE; MORTALITY; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035684366     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.120.6.1883     Document Type: Article

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