Evaluation and Treatment of CKD Patients Before and at Their First Nephrologist Encounter in Canada

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 733-742

  Curtis, Bryan M ^a   Barrett, Brendan J ^a   Djurdjev, Ognjenka ^b   Singer, Joel ^c   Levin, Adeera ^c  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chronic kidney disease; disease management; nephrology referral

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALBUMIN; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; DIHYDROPYRIDINE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; ERYTHROPOIETIN; FIBRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; IRON; LIPID; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PHOSPHATE; VITAMIN B GROUP; VITAMIN D;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NEPHROLOGIST; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; RISK FACTOR; URINALYSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANADA; COMORBIDITY; CREATININE; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; NEPHROLOGY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 35348868548     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2007.08.004     Document Type: Article

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