Effectiveness of a chronic kidney disease clinic in achieving K/DOQI guideline targets at initiation of dialysis - A single-centre experience

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 833-838

  Lee, William ^a   Campoy, Sarah ^b   Smits, Gerard ^c   Tran, Zung Vu ^a   Chonchol, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CSC Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic kidney disease; CKD clinic; NKF K DOQI guidelines; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CALCIUM; ERYTHROPOIETIN; HEMOGLOBIN; PHOSPHATE BINDING AGENT; PHOSPHORUS;

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEMODIALYSIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MORTALITY; NURSE PRACTITIONER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR ACCESS;

FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RENAL DIALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 33847654611     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfl701     Document Type: Article

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