Dialysis enrollment patterns in Guatemala: Evidence of the chronic kidney disease of non-traditional causes epidemic in Mesoamerica

BMC Nephrology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Laux, Timothy S ^a,b   Barnoya, Joaquin ^c   Guerrero, Douglas R ^d   Rothstein, Marcos ^b,c  

^a BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Unidad Nacional de Atención al Enfermo Renal Crónico   (Guatemala)

Author keywords

Central America; Chronic kidney disease; Dialysis; Guatemala; Human development index; Literacy

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EL SALVADOR; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EPIDEMIC; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; GUATEMALA; HARVESTING; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; NICARAGUA; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; SEX RATIO; SUGARCANE; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FACTUAL DATABASE; FOLLOW UP; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GUATEMALA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; RENAL DIALYSIS; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84927728073     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12882-015-0049-x     Document Type: Article

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