Hemodialysis: Long weekend hemodialysis intervals-killing fields?

Nature Reviews Nephrology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 5-6

  Vanholder, Raymond ^a   Veys, Nic ^a   Van Biesen, Wim ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM; UREMIC TOXIN;

BODY BURDEN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEMODIALYSIS; HOME DIALYSIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; HYPERNATREMIA; HYPERVOLEMIA; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MORTALITY; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SUDDEN DEATH; TREATMENT DURATION;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HUMANS; RENAL DIALYSIS; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84455205554     PISSN: 17595061     EISSN: 1759507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrneph.2011.192     Document Type: Short Survey

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