Electronic records suggest suboptimal management of chronic kidney disease in general practice

Australian Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 195-199

  Pilotto, Louis S J ^a,b   Ball, Partick A ^c   Smithard, Jane M ^d   Kennedy, David R J ^a  

^a Murrumbidgee Medicare Local Limited   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Wagga Wagga Base Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chronic kidney disease; General practice; Management

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL AUDIT; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC;

EID: 84864324498     PISSN: 10385282     EISSN: 14401584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1584.2012.01283.x     Document Type: Article

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