Early intervention improves mortality and hospitalization rates in incident hemodialysis patients: RightStart Program

Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1170-1175

  Wingard, Rebecca L ^a   Pupim, Lara B ^a,b   Krishnan, Mahesh ^b   Shintani, Ayumi ^a   Ikizler, T Alp ^a   Hakim, Raymond M ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b AMGEN INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY;

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; QUALITY OF LIFE; RENAL DIALYSIS;

EID: 38449121362     PISSN: 15559041     EISSN: 1555905X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2215/CJN.04261206     Document Type: Article

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