Open AccessIs Awareness of Chronic Kidney Disease Associated with Evidence-Based Guideline-Concordant Outcomes?
Author(s) -
Delphine S. Tuot,
Laura Plantinga,
Chiyuan Hsu,
Neil R. Powe
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
american journal of nephrology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1421-9670
pISSN - 0250-8095
DOI - 10.1159/000335935
Subject(s) - medicine , kidney disease , guideline , intensive care medicine , pathology
Awareness of chronic kidney disease (CKD) is low. Efforts are underway to increase recognition of CKD among patients, assuming that such an increase will lead to better outcomes through greater adherence to proven therapies. Few studies have tested this assumption.
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