Optimal timing of initiation of chronic hemodialysis?

Hemodialysis International

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 263-269

  Wilson, Barbara ^a   Harwood, Lori ^a   Locking cusolito, Heather ^a   Chen, Salina J ^a   Heidenheim, Paul ^a   Craik, Don ^a   Clark, William F ^a  

^a LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dialysis initiation; Gender differences; GFR; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; HYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEART DISEASE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RENAL DIALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34047211572     PISSN: 14927535     EISSN: 15424758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-4758.2007.00178.x     Document Type: Article

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