Timing of initiation of dialysis: Time for a new direction?

Current Opinion in Nephrology and Hypertension

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 329-333

  Abra, Graham ^a   Tamura, Manjula Kurella ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

dialysis; end stage renal disease; initiation

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; COST CONTROL; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DIALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SURVIVAL RATE;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RENAL DIALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84859648667     PISSN: 10624821     EISSN: 14736543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MNH.0b013e328351c244     Document Type: Review

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