Early dialysis of no benefit to the patient or the health care system

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 649-650

  Manns, Braden J ^a   Quinn, Robert Ross ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOREXIA; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; COST CONTROL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIALYSIS; DYSPNEA; EARLY INTERVENTION; EDITORIAL; FATIGUE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MEDICARE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATIENT SAFETY; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; THERAPY DELAY; UREMIA;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RENAL DIALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79954491595     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2011.01.004     Document Type: Editorial

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