Low pre-dialysis serum creatinine level and increased incidence of sudden cardiac arrest: A possible explanation of the harm associated with early dialysis initiation

Kidney International

Volumn 79, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1259-

  Rosansky, Steven J ^a   Clark, William F ^b  

^a WJB Dorn VA Medical Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CREATININE;

ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARLY INTERVENTION; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEART ARREST; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LETTER; MALNUTRITION; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 79955995675     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: 15231755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ki.2011.70     Document Type: Letter

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