Effects of late referral to a nephrologist in patients with chronic renal failure

Nephrology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 516-519

  Dogan, Ekrem ^a   Erkoc, Reha ^b   Sayarlioglu, Hayriye ^b   Durmus, Ahmet ^b   Topal, Cevat ^b  

^a KAHRAMANMARAS SUTCU IMAM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b YUZUNCU YIL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Dialysis; Late referral; Renal failure

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; CREATININE; HEMOGLOBIN; POTASSIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIALYSIS; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSTRUCTIVE UROPATHY; PATIENT REFERRAL; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHROLOGY; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS, CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RENAL DIALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TURKEY;

EID: 28444470126     PISSN: 13205358     EISSN: 14401797     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1797.2005.00433.x     Document Type: Article

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