Con: Randomized controlled trials (RCT) have failed in the study of dialysis methods

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 826-832

  Twardowski, Zbylut J ^a   Misra, Madhukar ^a   Singh, Ajay K ^a  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

hemodialysis; observational studies; randomized controlled trials; statistical differences; statistical errors

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; UREA;

ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; ERROR; EUROPE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HEMOLYSIS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; JAPAN; KIDNEY CLEARANCE; MORTALITY; NERVE CONDUCTION; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REHABILITATION; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT DURATION; UNITED STATES; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; UREMIA; URINE VOLUME;

HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RENAL DIALYSIS;

EID: 84876008296     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfs307     Document Type: Article

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