Why do patients known to renal services still undergo urgent dialysis initiation? A cross-sectional survey

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 3240-3245

  Buck, Jackie ^a,d   Baker, Richard ^a   Cannaby, Ann Marie ^b   Nicholson, Sarah ^a   Peters, Jean ^c   Warwick, Graham ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL COVENTRY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d LEICESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Care pathway; Predialysis; Urgent dialysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COUNSELING; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIALYSIS CATHETER; FEMALE; FISTULA; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMODIALYSIS; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RENAL DIALYSIS; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 36749018621     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfm387     Document Type: Review

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