Prediction of mortality in the first two years of hemodialysis: Results from a validation study

Blood Purification

Volumn 33, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 165-170

  Thijssen, Stephan ^a   Usvyat, Len ^a   Kotanko, Peter ^a  

^a RENAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hemodialysis; Logistic regression model; Mortality

Indexed keywords

SERUM ALBUMIN;

ADULT; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AREA UNDER CURVE; BAYES THEOREM; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RENAL DIALYSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84856040182     PISSN: 02535068     EISSN: 14219735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000334138     Document Type: Conference Paper

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