An assessment of dialysis provider's attitudes towards timing of dialysis initiation in Canada

Canadian Journal of Kidney Health and Disease

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-8

  Mann, Bikaramjit S ^a   Manns, Braden J ^a   Dart, Allison ^b   Kappel, Joanne ^c   Molzahn, Anita ^d   Naimark, David ^e   Nessim, Sharon J ^f   Soroka, Steven ^g   Zappitelli, Michael ^h   Sood, Manish M ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^f MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^h MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

ⁱ OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CACHEXIA; COMORBIDITY; DECISION MAKING; DIALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; HYPERVOLEMIA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAUSEA; NEPHROLOGIST; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; QUALITY OF LIFE; UREMIA; VASCULAR ACCESS;

EID: 84991037048     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20543581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2054-3581-1-3     Document Type: Article

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