Trends in the outcomes of end-stage renal disease secondary to human immunodeficiency virus-associated nephropathy.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Little is known about the trends in the incidence and outcomes of patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) attributed to human immunodeficiency virus-associated nephropathy (HIVAN). We sought to define relative incidence among ESRD patients, changes in mortality among patients with ESRD attributed to HIVAN, as well as changes in the excess mortality experienced by patients with ESRD attributed to HIVAN compared with otherwise similar ESRD patients with non-HIVAN causes.

Methods

We used the US Renal Data System to identify all individuals with reported HIVAN who initiated treatment for ESRD between 1989 and 2011. We plotted their counts and proportions among all incident ESRD patients and tabulated their characteristics across years. We then compared mortality

SUBMITTER: Razzak Chaudhary S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4829059 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature