Profile of admissions to an acute dialysis care unit

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 447-451

  Goh, H K ^a   Lee, E J C ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Dialysis; End stage renal failure; Singapore; Vascular access

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; DIALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; SINGAPORE; VASCULAR ACCESS;

AGED; CRITICAL CARE; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEMODIALYSIS UNITS, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ADMISSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RENAL DIALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINGAPORE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036762470     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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