Hurricane sandy as a kidney failure disaster

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 865-868

  Lempert, Kenneth D ^a   Kopp, Jeffrey B ^b  

^a Northwest Ohio Cardiology Consultants   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; CREATININE; DIESEL FUEL; GASOLINE; POLYSTYRENESULFONIC ACID; POTASSIUM;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; BICARBONATE BLOOD LEVEL; CHRONIC PATIENT; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIALYSIS; EARTHQUAKE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMERGENCY WARD; FLOODING; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH HAZARD; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; HURRICANE; HYPERKALEMIA; KIDNEY FAILURE; MEDICAID; MENTAL HEALTH; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; PATIENT CARE; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; POWER SUPPLY; REVIEW; SOCIAL NETWORK; TELECONFERENCE;

EID: 84877900078     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: 15236838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2013.03.017     Document Type: Editorial

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