The international quotidian hemodialysis registry: Rationale and methods

Hemodialysis International

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 354-359

  Nesrallah, Gihad E ^a   Suri, Rita S ^a   Garg, Amit X ^a   Moist, Louise M ^a   Awaraji, Christian ^a   Lindsay, Robert M ^a   Elphee, Jennifer ^b   Heidenheim, Paul ^b   Jain, Arsh ^b   Kortas, Claude ^b   Kroeker, Andrew ^b   Leitch, Rosemary ^b   Macnab, Jennifer ^b   Mainra, Rahul ^b   White, Sharon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Hemodialysis; Quotidian; Registry

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFIDENTIALITY; DATA ANALYSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; KIDNEY FAILURE; NORTH AMERICA; ONLINE SYSTEM; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIVACY; REGISTER; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 8644248374     PISSN: 14927535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1492-7535.2004.80411.x     Document Type: Article

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