Hurricanes and mortality among patients receiving dialysis - Blum MF, Feng Y, Anderson GB, Segev DL, McAdams-DeMarco M, Grams ME.

BACKGROUND: Hurricanes are severe weather events that can disrupt power, water, and transportation systems. These disruptions may be deadly for patients requiring maintenance dialysis. We hypothesized that the mortality risk among patients requiring mainte...
Source: SafetyLit - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Disaster Preparedness Source Type: news