Variation in the level of eGFR at dialysis initiation across dialysis facilities and geographic regions

Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1747-1756

  Sood, Manish M ^a   Manns, Braden ^b   Dart, Allison ^c   Hiebert, Brett ^c   Kappel, Joanne ^d   Komenda, Paul ^c   Molzahn, Anita ^e   Naimark, David ^f   Nessim, Sharon ^g   Rigatto, Claudio ^c   Soroka, Steven ^h   Zappitelli, Michael ⁱ   Tangri, Navdeep ^c  

^a OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^g MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^h DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

ⁱ MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CREATININE; HEMOGLOBIN; PHOSPHATE;

ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DIALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUALITY CONTROL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR ACCESS; CANADA; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; KIDNEY; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REGISTER; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; TIME TO TREATMENT;

CANADA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGISTRIES; RENAL DIALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; TIME FACTORS; TIME-TO-TREATMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84923807969     PISSN: 15559041     EISSN: 1555905X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2215/CJN.12321213     Document Type: Article

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