American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 54, Issue 1 , Pages 24-32 , July 2009

CKD and Risk of Hospitalization and Death With Pneumonia

  • Matthew T. James, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
    • Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
    • ,
  • Hude Quan, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
    • ,
  • Marcello Tonelli, MD, SM

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
    • Institute of Health Economics, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
    • ,
  • Braden J. Manns, MD, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
    • Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
    • Institute of Health Economics, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
    • ,
  • Peter Faris, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
    • ,
  • Kevin B. Laupland, MD, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
    • Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
    • ,
  • Brenda R. Hemmelgarn, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
    • Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Brenda R. Hemmelgarn, MD, PhD, Division of Nephrology, Foothills Medical Centre, 1403 29th St NW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 2T9
    • ,
  • Alberta Kidney Disease Network

Received 16 January 2009 ,Accepted 7 April 2009.

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 Originally published online as doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2009.04.005 on May 18, 2009.

PII: S0272-6386(09)00635-0

doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2009.04.005

American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 54, Issue 1 , Pages 24-32 , July 2009

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