It is not polite to ask a dialysis patient his age!

International Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1101-1105

  Shah, Anuja ^a   Molnar, Miklos Z ^a,b   Kalantar Zadeh, Kamyar ^a,c,d  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMORBIDITY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIABETIC PATIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEMODIALYSIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; FEMALE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; NOTE; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; STATISTICS;

FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; RENAL DIALYSIS; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC;

EID: 84859933955     PISSN: 03011623     EISSN: 15732584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11255-011-9968-z     Document Type: Review

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