Journal article
Risk factors for unplanned and crash dialysis starts: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis
Abstract
BackgroundMany patients with kidney failure “crash” onto dialysis or initiate dialysis in an unplanned fashion. There are varying definitions, but essentially, a patient is labeled as having a crash dialysis start if he or she has little to no care by a nephrologist prior to starting dialysis. A patient is labeled as having an unplanned dialysis start when he or she starts dialysis with a catheter or during a hospitalization. Given the high …
Authors
Molnar AO; Hiremath S; Brown PA; Akbari A
Journal
Systematic Reviews, Vol. 5, No. 1,
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
December 2016
DOI
10.1186/s13643-016-0297-2
ISSN
2046-4053