Early Dialysis and Adverse Outcomes after Hurricane Sandy

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 507-512

  Lurie, Nicole ^a   Finne, Kristen ^a   Worrall, Chris ^b   Jauregui, Maria ^c   Thaweethai, Tanayott ^c   Margolis, Gregg ^a   Kelman, Jeffrey ^b  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES   (United States)

^c Acumen LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

adverse outcome; early dialysis; emergency department (ED) visit; emergency response; end stage renal disease (ESRD); hemodialysis; hospitalization; Hurricane Sandy; Index Words Disaster preparedness; missed dialysis session; mortality; natural disaster; vulnerable population

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; END STAGE RENAL DISEASE; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HURRICANE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; DISASTER PLANNING; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MIDDLE AGED; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; STANDARDS; TIME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CYCLONIC STORMS; DISASTER PLANNING; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW JERSEY; NEW YORK; RENAL DIALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84939566058     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: 15236838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2015.04.050     Document Type: Article

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