Nephrologist Care and Mortality in Patients With Chronic Renal Insufficiency | Zendy

Jerry Avorn | Zendy; Rhonda L. Bohn | Zendy; Elliott Levy | Zendy; Raisa Levin | Zendy; William F. Owen | Zendy; Wolfgang C. Winkelmayer­ | Zendy; Robert J. Glynn | Zendy

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Nephrologist Care and Mortality in Patients With Chronic Renal Insufficiency

Author(s) -

Jerry Avorn,

Rhonda L. Bohn,

Elliott Levy,

Raisa Levin,

William F. Owen,

Wolfgang C. Winkelmayer,

Robert J. Glynn

Publication year - 2002

Publication title -

archives of internal medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1538-3679

pISSN - 0003-9926

DOI - 10.1001/archinte.162.17.2002

Subject(s) - nephrology , medicine , chronic renal insufficiency , intensive care medicine , chronic renal failure , renal function

For patients with chronic renal insufficiency, rates of referral to nephrologists are highly variable, and little is known about the effect of such consultation on clinical outcomes. We sought to determine whether early or frequent access to nephrologist care prior to the initiation of dialysis was associated with a difference in mortality rates in the first year after dialysis began.

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