Late nephrology referral and mortality among patients with end-stage renal disease: A propensity score analysis

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1808-1814

  Kazmi, Waqar H ^a   Obrador, Gregorio T ^a,b   Khan, Samina S ^a   Pereira, Brian J G ^a   Kausz, Annamaria T ^a  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PANAMERICANA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Chronic kidney disease; End stage renal disease; Late referral; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY FAILURE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEPHROLOGY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM;

FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 3242707566     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfg573     Document Type: Article

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