Estimated GFR reporting influences recommendations for dialysis initiation

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1737-1742

  Brimble, K Scott ^a   Mehrotra, Rajnish ^b   Tonelli, Marcello ^c   Hawley, Carmel M ^d   Castledine, Clare ^e   McDonald, Stephen P ^f   Levidiotis, Vicki ^g   Gangji, Azim S ^a   Treleaven, Darin J ^a   Margetts, Peter J ^a   Walsh, Michael ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e UK RENAL REGISTRY   (United Kingdom)

^f Australia and New Zealand Dialysis and Transplant Registry   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE SEVERITY; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; NEPHROLOGIST; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY;

EID: 84887059757     PISSN: 10466673     EISSN: 15333450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1681/ASN.2013010035     Document Type: Article

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