Recovery of renal function among ESRD patients in the US medicare program.

BACKGROUND: Patients started on long term hemodialysis have typically had low rates of reported renal recovery with recent estimates ranging from 0.9-2.4% while higher rates of recovery have been reported in cohorts with higher percentages of patients with acute renal failure requiring dialysis. STU...

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Main Authors: Sumit Mohan, Edwin Huff, Jay Wish, Michael Lilly, Shu-Cheng Chen, William M McClellan, Fistula First Breakthrough Initiative Data Committee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3866227?pdf=render