Racial and center differences in hemodialysis adequacy in children treated at pediatric centers: A North American Pediatric Renal Transplant Cooperative Study (NAPRTCS) report

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2923-2932

  Leonard, Mary B ^a,b   Stablein, Donald M ^c   Ho, Martin ^c   Jabs, Kathy ^d   Feldman, Harold I ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c EMMMES Corporation   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

UREA;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY GRAFT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NORTH AMERICA; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; CANADA; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EVALUATION; HOSPITAL; INFANT; METABOLISM; NEGRO; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY SURFACE AREA; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RENAL DIALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UREA;

EID: 16644372749     PISSN: 10466673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ASN.0000143475.39388.DE     Document Type: Article

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