Improvements in dialysis patient mortality are associated with improvements in urea reduction ratio and hematocrit, 1999 to 2002

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 127-135

  Wolfe, Robert A ^a,c   Hulbert Shearon, Tempie E ^a   Ashby, Valarie B ^a   Mahadevan, Sangeetha ^a   Port, Friedrich K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Univ Ren Res and Educ Assoc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

anemia management; dose of dialysis; End stage renal disease (ESRD); hemodialysis (HD) survival; quality improvement; standardized mortality ratio (SMR)

Indexed keywords

UREA;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIALYSIS; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ANEMIA; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMODIALYSIS UNITS, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RENAL DIALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; UREA;

EID: 11144304488     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2004.09.023     Document Type: Article

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