Influence of dialysis membranes on outcomes in acute renal failure: A meta-analysis

Kidney International

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1819-1823

  Subramanian, Sanjay ^a,b   Venkataraman, Ramesh ^a,b   Kellum, John A ^a,b  

^a Musselshell Medical Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute renal failure; Biocompatible membranes; Cellulose; Dialysis; Synthetic membranes

Indexed keywords

CUPROPHANE;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIALYSIS MEMBRANE; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY FUNCTION; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036406910     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1755.2002.00608.x     Document Type: Article

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