Outpatient nephrology referral rates after acute kidney injury

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 305-312

  Siew, Edward D ^a   Peterson, Josh F ^a,b   Eden, Svetlana K ^a   Hung, Adriana M ^a,b   Speroff, Theodore ^a,b   Ikizler, T Alp ^a   Matheny, Michael E ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEPHROLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVOR;

EID: 84856852339     PISSN: 10466673     EISSN: 15333450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1681/ASN.2011030315     Document Type: Article

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