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SUBMITTER: Rivara MB
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4483586 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Rivara Matthew B MB Ravel Vanessa V Kalantar-Zadeh Kamyar K Streja Elani E Lau Wei Ling WL Nissenson Allen R AR Kestenbaum Bryan B de Boer Ian H IH Himmelfarb Jonathan J Mehrotra Rajnish R
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN 20150122 7
Uncorrected serum calcium concentration is the first mineral metabolism metric planned for use as a quality measure in the United States ESRD population. Few studies in patients undergoing either peritoneal dialysis (PD) or hemodialysis (HD) have assessed the association of uncorrected serum calcium concentration with clinical outcomes. We obtained data from 129,076 patients on dialysis (PD, 10,066; HD, 119,010) treated in DaVita, Inc. facilities between July 1, 2001, and June 30, 2006. After ad ...[more]