Reasons for non-enrollment in a cohort study of ARF: The program to improve care in acute renal disease (PICARD) experience and implications for a clinical trials network

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 507-512

  Chertow, Glenn M ^a   Pascual, Maria T ^b   Soroko, Sharon ^b   Savage, Brandon R ^b   Himmelfarb, Jonathan ^b   Ikizler, T Alp ^b   Paganini, Emil P ^b   Mehta, Ravindra L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Acute renal failure (ARF); Clinical trials; Cohort studies; Selection bias

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CUSTODY; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT ATTITUDE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0041358521     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-6386(03)00745-5     Document Type: Article

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