Not Early Referral but Planned Dialysis Improves Quality of Life and Depression in Newly Diagnosed End Stage Renal Disease Patients: A Prospective Cohort Study in Korea

Recovery Time, Quality of Life, and Mortality in Hemodialysis Patients: The Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (DOPPS)

(2014) Hugh C. Rayner et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF KIDNEY DISEASES

Early Nephrology Referral Reduces the Economic Costs among Patients Who Start Renal Replacement Therapy: A Prospective Cohort Study in Korea

(2014) Jeonghwan Lee et al.   PLoS One

Association Between Depression and Mortality in Patients Receiving Long-term Dialysis: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

(2013) Farhat Farrokhi et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF KIDNEY DISEASES

A New Equation to Estimate Glomerular Filtration Rate

(2013) Andrew S. Levey et al.   ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE

Early Referral to a Nephrologist Improved Patient Survival: Prospective Cohort Study for End-Stage Renal Disease in Korea

(2013) Do Hyoung Kim et al.   PLoS One

Survival Advantage of Peritoneal Dialysis Relative to Hemodialysis in the Early Period of Incident Dialysis Patients: A Nationwide Prospective Propensity-Matched Study in Korea

(2013) Ji-Young Choi et al.   PLoS One

Factors associated with suboptimal initiation of dialysis despite early nephrologist referral

(2012) Stephanie A. Hughes et al.   NEPHROLOGY DIALYSIS TRANSPLANTATION

Health-related quality of life with KDQOL-36 and its association with self-efficacy and treatment satisfaction in Korean dialysis patients

(2012) Jong-Yeon Kim et al.   QUALITY OF LIFE RESEARCH

Outcomes of Early versus Late Nephrology Referral in Chronic Kidney Disease: A Systematic Review

(2011) Neil A. Smart et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

An association between depressive symptoms and survival in incident dialysis patients

(2011) J. Chilcot et al.   NEPHROLOGY DIALYSIS TRANSPLANTATION

Suboptimal initiation of dialysis with and without early referral to a nephrologist

(2011) D. C. Mendelssohn et al.   NEPHROLOGY DIALYSIS TRANSPLANTATION

Impact of Early Referral to Nephrologist on Mental Health among Hemodialysis Patients: A Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (DOPPS)

(2009) Yoko Yokoyama et al.   NEPHRON CLINICAL PRACTICE

An integrated review of "unplanned" dialysis initiation: reframing the terminology to "suboptimal" initiation

(2009) David C Mendelssohn et al.   BMC Nephrology