Open AccessIs the Malnutrition-Inflammation Complex the Secret behind Greater Survival of African-American Dialysis Patients?
Author(s) -
Kamyar KalantarZadeh,
Keith C. Norris
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of the american society of nephrology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.451
H-Index - 279
eISSN - 1533-3450
pISSN - 1046-6673
DOI - 10.1681/asn.2011101002
Subject(s) - medicine , dialysis , kidney disease , population , diabetes mellitus , disease , hemodialysis , peritoneal dialysis , intensive care medicine , endocrinology , environmental health
Chronic dialysis therapy legislated in the United States through the ESRD program was started in the early 1970s as an early prototype of universal health care coverage for a chronic disease. Since then, several unique features of dialysis patients have stood out without any clear explanation,
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