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SUBMITTER: Dalrymple LS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4414702 | biostudies-literature | 2015 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Dalrymple Lorien S LS Mu Yi Y Romano Patrick S PS Nguyen Danh V DV Chertow Glenn M GM Delgado Cynthia C Grimes Barbara B Kaysen George A GA Johansen Kirsten L KL
American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation 20150130 5
<h4>Background</h4>Infection is a common cause of hospitalization in adults receiving hemodialysis. Limited data are available about downstream events resulting from or following these hospitalizations.<h4>Study design</h4>Retrospective cohort study using the US Renal Data System.<h4>Setting & participants</h4>Medicare beneficiaries initiating in-center hemodialysis therapy in 2005 to 2008.<h4>Factors</h4>Demographics, dual Medicare/Medicaid eligibility, body mass index, comorbid conditions, ini ...[more]