Suboptimal initiation of dialysis with and without early referral to a nephrologist

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2959-2965

  Mendelssohn, David C ^a   Curtis, Bryan ^b   Yeates, Karen ^c   Langlois, Serge ^d   MacRae, Jennifer M ^e   Semeniuk, Lisa M ^f   Camacho, Fernando ^g   McFarlane, Philip ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^f Ortho Biotech (Division of Janssen Ortho Inc)   (Canada)

^g DAMOS Inc   (Canada)

^h ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

dialysis initiation; incident patients; referral

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DIALYSIS CATHETER; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROLOGIST; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT DURATION;

COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHROLOGY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RENAL DIALYSIS; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 80053184905     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfq843     Document Type: Article

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