Recognition of CKD after the introduction of automated reporting of estimated GFR in the veterans health administration

Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 29-36

  Wang, Virginia ^a,b   Maciejewski, Matthew L ^a,b   Hammill, Bradley G ^b   Hall, Rasheeda K ^b   Van Scoyoc, Lynn ^a   Garg, Amit X ^c   Jain, Arsh K ^c   Patel, Uptal D ^a,b  

^a DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; KIDNEY BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VETERAN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOMATION; DOCUMENTATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS HEALTH;

EID: 84891841713     PISSN: 15559041     EISSN: 1555905X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2215/CJN.02490213     Document Type: Article

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