Epidemiology and referral patterns of patients with chronic kidney disease in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi
According to estimates, the dialysis prevalence in Abu Dhabi is around 370 per million population. The annual growth is 12-15% and the dialysis population is likely to double in the next five years. Most patients present to dialysis as an emergency and only 2.7% have an arteriovenous fistula at the...
Main Authors: | Nick Richards, Mohamed Hassan, Abdul Karim Saleh, Hormazdiar Dastoor, Bassam Bernieh, Samra Abouchacra, Omar Al Jabri, Alan Fleischmann, Marie Richards, Daniele Marcelli |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2015-01-01
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Series: | Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation |
Online Access: | http://www.sjkdt.org/article.asp?issn=1319-2442;year=2015;volume=26;issue=5;spage=1028;epage=1034;aulast=Richards |
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