Association between time of referral and survival in the first year of dialysis in diabetics and the elderly

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 652-658

  De Jager, Dinanda J ^a   Voormolen, Nora ^a   Krediet, Raymond T ^b   Dekker, Friedo W ^a   Boeschoten, Elisabeth W ^c   Grootendorst, Diana C ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Hans Mak Institute   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

diabetes; elderly; late referral; pre dialysis; survival

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; BICARBONATE; CALCIUM ION; HEMOGLOBIN; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PHOSPHATE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BICARBONATE BLOOD LEVEL; BODY MASS; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC PATIENT; DIALYSIS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; NETHERLANDS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARATHYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RENOVASCULAR DISEASE; SURVIVAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; DIABETES MELLITUS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RENAL DIALYSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78650373657     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfq438     Document Type: Article

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