Improving and maintaining quality of hemodialysis in areas affected by war: a call to action!

doi:10.1016/j.kint.2023.02.004

Editorial

. 2023 May;103(5):817-820.

doi: 10.1016/j.kint.2023.02.004.

Improving and maintaining quality of hemodialysis in areas affected by war: a call to action!

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¹ Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Mayo Clinic Arizona, Phoenix, Arizona, USA. Electronic address: Alasfar.Sami@mayo.edu.
² Gaziantep Health Cluster, The World Health Organization, Gaziantep, Turkey.
³ No affiliation.
⁴ Afaq Humanitarian Relief Organization, Gaziantep, Turkey.
⁵ Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Bezmialem Vakif University, Istanbul, Turkey.
⁶ Nephrology and Hypertension Associates, Bluefield, West Virginia, USA.
⁷ Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Brugmann University Hospital, Brussels, Belgium.
⁸ Syrian National Kidney Foundation, Washington, DC, USA.
⁹ Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

PMID: 37085252
DOI: 10.1016/j.kint.2023.02.004

Editorial

Improving and maintaining quality of hemodialysis in areas affected by war: a call to action!

Sami Alasfar et al. Kidney Int. 2023 May.

. 2023 May;103(5):817-820.

doi: 10.1016/j.kint.2023.02.004.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Mayo Clinic Arizona, Phoenix, Arizona, USA. Electronic address: Alasfar.Sami@mayo.edu.
² Gaziantep Health Cluster, The World Health Organization, Gaziantep, Turkey.
³ No affiliation.
⁴ Afaq Humanitarian Relief Organization, Gaziantep, Turkey.
⁵ Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Bezmialem Vakif University, Istanbul, Turkey.
⁶ Nephrology and Hypertension Associates, Bluefield, West Virginia, USA.
⁷ Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Brugmann University Hospital, Brussels, Belgium.
⁸ Syrian National Kidney Foundation, Washington, DC, USA.
⁹ Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

PMID: 37085252
DOI: 10.1016/j.kint.2023.02.004

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Keywords: armed; conflict; kidney failure; wars.

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