Dialysis: ‘Early’ dialysis start based on eGFR is no longer appropriate

Nature Reviews Nephrology

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 693-694

  Rosansky, Steven ^a   Glassock, Richard J ^b  

^a WJB Dorn VA Medical Center   (United States)

^b William Jennings Bryan Dorn VA Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; COMORBIDITY; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; NOTE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME;

AUSTRALIA; COMORBIDITY; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; NEW ZEALAND; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RENAL DIALYSIS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79952579471     PISSN: 17595061     EISSN: 1759507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrneph.2010.131     Document Type: Article

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