Open AccessWhat Determines Whether a Patient Initiates Chronic Renal Replacement Therapy?
Author(s) -
Michael J. Germain,
Lewis M. Cohen
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
clinical journal of the american society of nephrology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.755
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1555-905X
pISSN - 1555-9041
DOI - 10.2215/cjn.06200613
Subject(s) - medicine , renal replacement therapy , dialysis , nephrology , intensive care medicine , transplantation , health care , family medicine , economics , economic growth
Are there some people who should receive renal replacement therapy (RRT) and do not? Are there other people receiving RRT who should never have initiated dialysis or transplantation? These are stimulating questions facing today’s nephrologists, and in this issue of CJASN , Faruque and associates
Accelerating Research
Robert Robinson Avenue,
Oxford Science Park, Oxford
OX4 4GP, United Kingdom
Address
John Eccles HouseRobert Robinson Avenue,
Oxford Science Park, Oxford
OX4 4GP, United Kingdom