The deadly risk of late referral

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 2175-2180

  Huisman, Roel M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chronic kidney disease; Dialysis; Late referral; Mortality; Predialysis

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CALCIUM; CHOLESTEROL; ERYTHROPOIETIN; HEMOGLOBIN;

ANEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; COMORBIDITY; COOPERATION; DETERIORATION; EDITORIAL; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURVIVAL; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DIALYSIS; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; PATIENT CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 4544331264     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfh409     Document Type: Editorial

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