Pre-tertiary hospital care of patients with chronic kidney disease in India

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 28-33

  Varughese, Santosh ^a   John, George T ^a   Alexander, S ^a   Deborah, M N ^a   Nithya, N ^a   Ahamed, I ^a   Tamilarasi, V ^a   Jacob, C K ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Arterio venous fistula (AVF); Chronic kidney disease (CKD); Chronic kidney disease stage 5 (CKD 5); Glomerular filtration rate (GFR); Nephrologist; Recombinant erythropoeitin (rEPO); Renal replacement therapy (RRT)

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CALCITRIOL; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; PHOSPHATE BINDING AGENT; RECOMBINANT ERYTHROPOIETIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CHILD; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEMODIALYSIS; HEPATITIS B; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; INTERVIEW; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; RELATIVE; SYMPTOM; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; CHRONIC DISEASE; HOSPITAL; KIDNEY DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION;

EID: 35549007961     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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