Patterns of hospitalisation before and following initiation of haemodialysis: A 5 year single centre study

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 87, Issue 1028, 2011, Pages 389-393

  Quinn, Michael P ^a   Cardwell, Christopher R ^a   Rainey, Andrea ^a   McNamee, Peter T ^a   Kee, Frank ^a   Maxwell, Alexander P ^a   Fogarty, Damian G ^a   Courtney, Aisling E ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BED OCCUPANCY; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTHERN IRELAND; RENAL DIALYSIS;

EID: 79958208159     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: 14690756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2010.099028     Document Type: Article

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