Indication for Dialysis Initiation and Mortality in Patients With Chronic Kidney Failure: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Initiation of maintenance dialysis therapy for patients with chronic kidney failure is a period of high risk for adverse patient outcomes. Whether indications for dialysis therapy initiation are associated with mortality in this population is unknown.

Study design

Retrospective cohort study.

Setting & participants

461 patients who initiated dialysis therapy (hemodialysis, 437; peritoneal dialysis, 24) from January 1, 2004, through December 31, 2012, and were treated in facilities operated by a single dialysis organization. Follow-up for the primary outcome was through December 31, 2013.

Predictor

Clinically documented primary indication for dialysis therapy initiation, as categorized into 4 groups: laboratory evidence of kidney function decline (refe

SUBMITTER: Rivara MB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5182162 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature