Improving outcomes in patients receiving dialysis: The peer kidney care initiative

Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 1297-1304

  Wetmore, James B ^a,b   Gilbertson, David T ^a   Liu, Jiannong ^a   Collins, Allan J ^a,c  

^a MINNEAPOLIS MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac; Chronic; Death; Dialysis; End stage renal disease; Hospitalization; Humans; Incidence; Morbidity; Outcomes; Patient care; Renal dialysis; Renal insufficiency; Sudden

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; HEMOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; END STAGE RENAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; COMPLICATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS COLITIS; SEASON; STANDARDS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RENAL DIALYSIS; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC; SEASONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84992646414     PISSN: 15559041     EISSN: 1555905X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2215/CJN.12981215     Document Type: Article

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