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Risk-Based Triage for Nephrology Referrals Using the Kidney Failure Risk Equation

BACKGROUND: In some jurisdictions, routine reporting of the estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) has led to an increase in nephrology referrals and wait times. OBJECTIVE: We describe the use of the Kidney Failure Risk Equation (KFRE) as part of a triage process for new nephrology referrals fo...

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Autores principales: Hingwala, Jay, Wojciechowski, Peter, Hiebert, Brett, Bueti, Joe, Rigatto, Claudio, Komenda, Paul, Tangri, Navdeep
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5555495/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28835850
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2054358117722782