Preventing Emergency Department Use among Patients with CKD: It Starts with Awareness

Rachel E Patzer; Justin D Schrager; Stephen O Pastan

doi:10.2215/CJN.12881216

Preventing Emergency Department Use among Patients with CKD: It Starts with Awareness

Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2017 Feb 7;12(2):225-227. doi: 10.2215/CJN.12881216. Epub 2017 Jan 24.

Authors

Rachel E Patzer^{1

2

3}, Justin D Schrager⁴, Stephen O Pastan²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, Division of Transplantation.
² Department of Medicine, Renal Division, and.
³ Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia.
⁴ Department of Emergency Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia; and.

No abstract available

Keywords: Awareness; Chronic; ESRD; Emergency Service; Epidemiology and outcomes; Hospital; Humans; Renal Insufficiency; chronic kidney disease; clinical epidemiology; hospitalization.

Publication types

Editorial
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MeSH terms

Emergency Service, Hospital
Humans
Kidney Failure, Chronic*
Renal Insufficiency, Chronic*