Risk factors for dialysis withdrawal: An analysis of the Australia and New Zealand dialysis and transplant (ANZDATA) registry, 1999-2008

Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 775-781

  Chan, Hoi Wong ^a,b   Clayton, Philip A ^c   McDonald, Stephen P ^c   Agar, John W M ^d   Jose, Matthew D ^b  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c Australia and New Zealand Dialysis and Transplant (ANZDATA) Registry   (Australia)

^d GEELONG HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMORBIDITY; DIALYSIS; DISEASE REGISTRY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEW ZEALAND; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AUSTRALIA; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW ZEALAND; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REGISTRIES; RENAL DIALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 84860719781     PISSN: 15559041     EISSN: 1555905X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2215/CJN.07420711     Document Type: Article

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