Risk-Based Triage for Nephrology Referrals: The Time is Now

Navdeep Tangri¹, Rupert W Major^{2

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Affiliations

¹ Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
² Department of Health Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom.
³ John Walls Renal Unit, University Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom.

Editorial

Navdeep Tangri et al. Kidney Int Rep. 2021.

. 2021 Jun 30;6(8):2028-2030.

doi: 10.1016/j.ekir.2021.06.020. eCollection 2021 Aug.

Navdeep Tangri¹, Rupert W Major^{2

3}

¹ Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
² Department of Health Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom.
³ John Walls Renal Unit, University Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom.

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