Preliminary audit on early identification and management of chronic kidney disease in adults in an acute general medical unit in Sri Lanka

Preliminary audit on early identification and management of chronic kidney disease in adults in an acute general medical unit in Sri Lanka

This was the first round of an audit to analyze how closely the National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidelines on early identification and management of chronic kidney disease in adults is adhered to by a medical ward in the National Hospital of Sri Lanka. One hundred consecutive patien...

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Main Authors:	Suneth De Silva, Dinushi Weerasinghe, Anoja Rajapakse, Chinthaka Maithripala, Senaka Rajapakse
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2011-01-01
Series:	Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation
Online Access:	http://www.sjkdt.org/article.asp?issn=1319-2442;year=2011;volume=22;issue=6;spage=1285;epage=1288;aulast=De

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