An improved comorbidity index for outcome analyses among dialysis patients

Kidney International

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 141-151

  Liu, Jiannong ^a   Huang, Zhi ^a,b   Gilbertson, David T ^a   Foley, Robert N ^a,c   Collins, Allan J ^a,c  

^a United States Renal Data System   (United States)

^b ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Comorbidity score; Dialysis patients; Outcome analysis; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEART DISEASE; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; INFANT; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIVER DISEASE; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RENAL DIALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73349133306     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: 15231755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ki.2009.413     Document Type: Article

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