Dialysis practice and patient outcome in the aftermath of the earthquake at L'Aquila, Italy, April 2009

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2595-2603

  Bonomini, Mario ^a   Stuard, Stefano ^b   Dal Canton, Antonio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b SAN SALVATORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

acute kidney injury; crush sindrome; dialysis; earthquake; temporary dialysis unit

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DEATH; EARTHQUAKE; EMERGENCY CARE; FASCIOTOMY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEMODIAFILTRATION; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; TELECOMMUNICATION; TRAFFIC; WEIGHT GAIN;

ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CRUSH SYNDROME; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EARTHQUAKES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; ITALY; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROGNOSIS; RELIEF WORK; RENAL DIALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79961089139     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfq783     Document Type: Article

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