Outcomes of rationing dialysis therapy in biopsy-proven end-stage renal disease in South Africa

Journal of Nephrology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 551-557

  Okpechi, Ikechi G ^a   Swanepoel, Charles R ^a   Rayner, Brian L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Africans; Biopsy; Chronic glomerulonephri tis; Dialysis; ESRD; Hivan

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HIV ASSOCIATED NEPHROPATHY; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS NEPHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROSCLEROSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; RACE DIFFERENCE; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOUTH AFRICA; SYSTEMIC VASCULITIS; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

ADULT; AIDS-ASSOCIATED NEPHROPATHY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOPSY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; RENAL DIALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863956237     PISSN: 11218428     EISSN: 17246059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5301/jn.5000032     Document Type: Article

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