Initiation of dialysis at higher levels of estimated GFR and subsequent withdrawal

Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 179-181

  O'Hare, Ann M ^a,b   Vig, Elizabeth K ^a,b   Hebert, Paul L ^a,b  

^a VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ANGIOGRAPHY; COMORBIDITY; CRITICAL LIMB ISCHEMIA; DEATH; DIALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; UREMIA;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RENAL DIALYSIS; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 84875047717     PISSN: 15559041     EISSN: 1555905X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2215/CJN.12841212     Document Type: Editorial

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