Greater First-Year Survival on Hemodialysis in Facilities in Which Patients Are Provided Earlier and More Frequent Pre-nephrology Visits
Author(s) -
Takeshi Hasegawa,
Jennifer L. BraggGresham,
Shin Yamazaki,
Shunichi Fukuhara,
Tadao Akizawa,
Werner Kleophas,
Roger Greenwood,
Ronald L. Pisoni
Publication year - 2009
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.03540708
Subject(s) - medicine , quartile , nephrology , dialysis , proportional hazards model , hemodialysis , hazard ratio , creatinine , intensive care medicine , emergency medicine , confidence interval
The aim of this study was to evaluate the relation between pre-nephrology visit (PNV) and 1-yr patient survival after hemodialysis (HD) induction.
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