Uremic patients: Late referral - Early death;Uräimische patienten - Späte überweisung, früher tod

Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 128, Issue 22, 2003, Pages 1216-1220

  Schwenger, V ^a   Hofmann, A ^a   Khalifeh, N ^b   Meyer, T ^a   Zeier, M ^a   Horl W H ^b   Ritz, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DEATH; DIALYSIS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT REFERRAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UREMIA; VASCULAR ACCESS; AUSTRIA; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; ECONOMICS; INDWELLING CATHETER; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRIA; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS, CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RENAL DIALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UREMIA;

EID: 0037526281     PISSN: 00120472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-39471     Document Type: Article

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