Opportunities to improve the care of patients with kidney transplant failure

Kidney International

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 2193-2200

  Gill, John S ^a   Abichandani, Rekha ^a   Khan, Samina ^a   Kausz, Annamaria T ^a   Pereira, Brian J G ^a  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemia; Chronic kidney disease; Erythropoietin; Glomerular filtration rate; Hypoalbuminemia; Kidney transplant

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROPOIETIN; SERUM ALBUMIN;

ADULT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIALYSIS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GENDER; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGANIZATION; PATIENT CARE; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; RACE; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; TIME; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036099127     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1755.2002.00373.x     Document Type: Article

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