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SUBMITTER: Thongprayoon C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7542949 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Thongprayoon Charat C Cheungpasitporn Wisit W Hansrivijit Panupong P Thirunavukkarasu Sorkko S Chewcharat Api A Medaura Juan J Mao Michael A MA Kashani Kianoush B KB
BMC nephrology 20201007 1
<h4>Background</h4>Fluctuations in serum phosphate levels increased mortality in end-stage renal disease patients. However, the impacts of serum phosphate changes in hospitalized patients remain unclear. This study aimed to test the hypothesis that serum phosphate changes during hospitalization were associated with in-hospital mortality.<h4>Methods</h4>We included all adult hospitalized patients from January 2009 to December 2013 that had at least two serum phosphate measurements during their ho ...[more]