Frequency of sit-down patient care rounds, attainment of clinical performance targets, hospitalization, and mortality in hemodialysis patients

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 3144-3153

  Plantinga, Laura C ^a   Fink, Nancy E ^a,b   Jaar, Bernard G ^a,b   Sadler, John H ^c   Coresh, Josef ^a,b   Klag, Michael J ^a,b   Levey, Andrew S ^d   Powe, Neil R ^a,b,e  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Independent Dialysis Foundation   (United States)

^d TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; VASCULAR ACCESS;

EID: 9644254215     PISSN: 10466673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ASN.0000146424.91128.2A     Document Type: Article

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