Change in kidney function over time and risk for adverse outcomes: Is an increasing estimated GFR harmful?

Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1805-1806

  Turin, Tanvir Chowdhury ^a   Hemmelgarn, Brenda R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADVERSE OUTCOME; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MORTALITY; MUSCLE MASS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROGNOSIS; PROTEINURIA;

FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE;

EID: 80051558162     PISSN: 15559041     EISSN: 1555905X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2215/CJN.05950611     Document Type: Editorial

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