Considerations in the optimal preparation of patients for dialysis

Nature Reviews Nephrology

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 381-389

  Saggi, Subodh J ^a   Allon, Michael ^b   Bernardini, Judith ^c   Kalantar Zadeh, Kamyar ^d   Shaffer, Rachel ^e   Mehrotra, Rajnish ^d  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e American Society of Nephrology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIALYSIS; DIET THERAPY; DISEASE COURSE; FOLLOW UP; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT PREPARATION; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; REVIEW; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; RENAL DIALYSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84862877907     PISSN: 17595061     EISSN: 1759507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrneph.2012.66     Document Type: Review

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