Discharging patients from the nephrology clinic to primary care - Will they get appropriate monitoring of renal function?

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 425-428

  Stevens, Kathryn K ^a   Woo, Y M ^a   Rodger, R S C ^a   Geddes, C C ^a  

^a WESTERN INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 67749099483     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcp040     Document Type: Article

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