Outcomes of renal transplant and waiting list patients with bacterial endocarditis in the United States

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2381-2385

  Shroff, Gautam R ^a   Skeans, Melissa ^b   Herzog, Charles A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b United States Renal Data System   (United States)

Author keywords

Dialysis; Kidney; Survival; Transplant; Wait list

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 46849091767     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfn006     Document Type: Article

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