The association of eGFR reporting with the timing of dialysis initiation

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2097-2104

  Sood, Manish M ^a   Komenda, Paul ^b   Rigatto, Claudio ^b   Hiebert, Brett ^c   Tangri, Navdeep ^b  

^a OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c ST BONIFACE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CASE MIX; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; END STAGE RENAL DISEASE; ESTIMATED GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREND STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; TRENDS;

AGED; AUTOMATION, LABORATORY; CANADA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RENAL DIALYSIS; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84921596131     PISSN: 10466673     EISSN: 15333450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1681/ASN.2013090953     Document Type: Article

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