Higher rate and earlier peritonitis in Aboriginal patients compared to non-Aboriginal patients with end-stage renal failure maintained on peritoneal dialysis in Australia: Analysis of ANZDATA

Nephrology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 192-197

  Lim, Wai H ^a   Johnson, David W ^b,c   McDonald, Stephen P ^c  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c ANZDATA Registry   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal; Obesity; Peritoneal dialysis; Peritonitis

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PERITONITIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PERITONITIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGISTRIES;

EID: 20144374290     PISSN: 13205358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1797.2005.00374.x     Document Type: Article

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