Chronic kidney disease prevalence in Rivas, Nicaragua: Use of a field device for creatinine measurement

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 456-458

  Minnings, Kailey ^a   Kerns, Eric ^b   Fiore, Melissa ^c   Fiore, Madeline ^d   Parekh, Rulan S ^e   DuBois, Jeff ^f   Isbell, T Scott ^g   Ferguson, Ryan ^h   Fiore, Louis ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^f Nova Biomedical   (United States)

^g SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic kidney disease; Creatinine; Point of care testing

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

BLOOD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; MALE; NICARAGUA; PREVALENCE; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CREATININE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NICARAGUA; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PREVALENCE; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84939973929     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: 18732933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2015.01.005     Document Type: Article

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