The decision to initiate dialysis in a pediatric patient

Pediatric Dialysis, Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 85-100

  Greenbaum, Larry A ^a   Schaefer, Franz ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Children; Hemodiaylsis; Hyperkalemia; Hyperphosphatemia; Pediatric; Renal function

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896728626     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-0721-8_6     Document Type: Chapter

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