Patterns and predictors of early mortality in incident hemodialysis patients: New insights

American Journal of Nephrology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 548-558

  Lukowsky, Lilia R ^a,b   Kheifets, Leeka ^b   Arah, Onyebuchi A ^b,d   Nissenson, Allen R ^b,c   Kalantar Zadeh, Kamyar ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c DAVITA INC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Incident hemodialysis patients; Mortality predictor; Population attributable fraction

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFECTION; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RENAL DIALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84861817525     PISSN: 02508095     EISSN: 14219670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000338673     Document Type: Article

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