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Late presentation of patients with end-stage renal disease for renal replacement therapy--is it always avoidable?
Author(s) -
U. P. Udayaraj,
Richard Haynes,
C. G. Winearls
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
nephrology dialysis transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.654
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1460-2385
pISSN - 0931-0509
DOI - 10.1093/ndt/gfr164
Subject(s) - medicine , renal replacement therapy , kidney disease , end stage renal disease , incidence (geometry) , disease , hemodialysis , intensive care medicine , presentation (obstetrics) , stage (stratigraphy) , chronic renal disease , pediatrics , surgery , physics , optics , paleontology , biology
Twenty-five to 30% of new renal replacement therapy (RRT) patients present late to renal services. The proportion in whom this is avoidable, and whether awareness of chronic kidney disease (CKD) has reduced its incidence is not known.

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