Response to the article by Lynn et al: Older patients in the nephrology clinic - Should they be referred? [3]

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 119, Issue 1232, 2006, Pages

  Endre, Zoltan ^a  

^a CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; ERYTHROPOIETIN;

AGED; ANEMIA; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CONSULTATION; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; DIALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; ELDERLY CARE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FAILURE; LETTER; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MORTALITY; NEPHROLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; REFERENCE VALUE; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; SCREENING TEST; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 33645959516     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

References (5)

1. Cumming RG, Mitchell P, Craig JC, Knight JF. Renal impairment and anaemia in a population-based study of older people. Intern Med J. 2004;34:20-3.
2. Martinez-Ramirez HR, Jalomo-Martinez B, Cortes-Sanabria L, et al. Renal function preservation in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients with early nephropathy: a comparative prospective cohort study between primary health care doctors and a nephrologist. Am J Kidney Dis. 2006;47:78-87.
3. New Zealand Guidelines Group. Management of Type 2 Diabetes. Wellington: NZGG; 2003. Available online. URL: http://www.nzgg.org.nz/guidelines/ dsp_guideline_popup.cfm?guidelineID=36 Accessed April 2006.
4. Ruggenenti P, Perna A, Gherardi G, et al. Renoprotective properties of ACE-inhibition in non-diabetic nephropathies with non-nephrotic proteinuria. Lancet. 1999;354:359-64.
5. Sesso R, Belasco AG. Late diagnosis of chronic renal failure and mortality on maintenance dialysis. Nephrol Dial Transplant 1996;11:2417-20.