Hospital admissions in elderly patients on chronic hemodialysis

International Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1229-1236

  Sun, Yijuan ^a   Kassam, Hussein ^a   Adeniyi, Muniru ^b   Martinez, Milagros ^a   Agaba, Emmanuel I ^c   Onime, Aideloje ^d   Servilla, Karen S ^a   Raj, Dominic S C ^e   Murata, Glen H ^a   Tzamaloukas, Antonios H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Nephrology Leaders   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JOS   (Nigeria)

^d East Texas Nephrology Associates   (United States)

^e GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Diabetes; Hemodialysis; Hospitalization; Vascular access

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELDERLY CARE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEART DISEASE; HEMODIALYSIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; METABOLIC DISORDER; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VASCULAR ACCESS; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; AMERICAN INDIAN; CAUCASIAN; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; HISPANIC; INDWELLING CATHETER; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; STROKE;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HEART DISEASES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INFECTION; LENGTH OF STAY; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; METABOLIC DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; RENAL DIALYSIS; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE;

EID: 84859933952     PISSN: 03011623     EISSN: 15732584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11255-011-9913-1     Document Type: Article

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