Advances in Chronic Kidney Disease
Volume 14, Issue 1 , Pages 100-104 , January 2007

End-Stage Renal Disease Use in Hurricane-Prone Areas: Should Nephrologists Increase the Utilization of Peritoneal Dialysis?

  • Myra A. Kleinpeter

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Myra A. Kleinpeter, MD, MPH, Department of Medicine/Section of Nephrology, Tulane University Health Sciences Center, 1430 Tulane Avenue, SL-45, New Orleans, LA 70112.

References 

  1. Count CS. A diary of hurricane Hugo. J Am Nephrol Nurses Assn. 1989;16:479–483
  2. Count CS. Disaster preparedness: Is your unit ready?. J Am Nephrol Nurses Assn. 2001;28:491–499
  3. Available at: www.NOAA.gov. Accessed May 30, 2006
  4. Federal Emergency Management Agency. Coastal Construction Manual. Washington, DC: FEMA; 1986;
  5. McFarland HF. Surviving a 500-year flood. J Am Nephrol Nurses Assn. 2001;28:504–506509-510
  6. Sever MS, Erek E, Vanholder R, et al. Features of chronic hemodialysis practice after the Marmara earthquake. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2004;15:1071–1076
  7. US Renal Data System. Excerpts from the USRDS 2005 Annual Data Report. Am J Kidney Dis. 2006;47(suppl 1):S1–S286
  8. Teitelbaum I, Burkart J. Core curriculum in nephrology: Peritoneal dialysis. Am J Kidney Dis. 2003;42:1082–1096
  9. Baskin-Bey ES, Kremers W, Stegall MD, et al. United Network for Organ Sharing’s expanded criteria donors: Is stratification useful?. Clin Transplant. 2005;19:406–412
  10. Institute of Medicine. Key Capabilities of an Electronic Health Record System. Washington, DC: National Academies Press; 2003;
  11. Rodrigues RJ. Information systems: The key to evidence-based health practice. Bull World Health Org. 2000;78:1344–1351

PII: S1548-5595(06)00111-X

doi: 10.1053/j.ackd.2006.07.007

Advances in Chronic Kidney Disease
Volume 14, Issue 1 , Pages 100-104 , January 2007

Article Tools