Early mortality in dialysis and adequacy of predialysis renal care: The picture is more complex than we thought

Kidney International

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 238-240

  Rognant, Nicolas ^a   Laville, Maurice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMORBIDITY; EARLY INTERVENTION; HEMODIALYSIS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT DURATION; VASCULAR ACCESS; FEMALE; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC;

FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; RENAL DIALYSIS; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY;

EID: 84905365960     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: 15231755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ki.2014.82     Document Type: Note

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