Correlation between karnofsky performance status scale and short-form health survey in patients on maintenance hemodialysis

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 96, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1661-1667

  Arogundade, Fatiu A ^a   Zayed, Bahaa ^b   Daba, Maryam ^b   Barsoum, Rashad S ^c  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b Cairo University   (Egypt)

^c Cairo Kidney Center   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Correlation; Hemodialysis; HRQOL; Karnofsky; SF 36

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CALCIUM ION; CREATININE; GLOBULIN; HEMOGLOBIN; PHOSPHATE; POTASSIUM ION; PROTEIN; SODIUM ION; UREA;

ADULT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RATING SCALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UREA BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL FITNESS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RENAL DIALYSIS;

EID: 10344238106     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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