Journal article
Chronic Kidney Disease and Mortality Risk: A Systematic Review
Abstract
Current guidelines identify people with chronic kidney disease (CKD) as being at high risk for cardiovascular and all-cause mortality. Because as many as 19 million Americans may have CKD, a comprehensive summary of this risk would be potentially useful for planning public health policy. A systematic review of the association between non-dialysis-dependent CKD and the risk for all-cause and cardiovascular mortality was conducted. Patient- and …
Authors
Tonelli M; Wiebe N; Culleton B; House A; Rabbat C; Fok M; McAlister F; Garg AX
Journal
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, Vol. 17, No. 7, pp. 2034–2047
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Publication Date
July 2006
DOI
10.1681/asn.2005101085
ISSN
1046-6673