Perspectives on eGFR reporting from the interface between primary and secondary care

Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 258-260

  Cheung, Chee Kay ^a   Bhandari, Sunil ^a  

^a HULL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; CYSTATIN C; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FAILURE; NORMAL VALUE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROTEINURIA; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASE; NEPHROLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; EUROPE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEPHROLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 66849109188     PISSN: 15559041     EISSN: 1555905X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2215/CJN.05151008     Document Type: Review

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