Trends in Timing of Initiation of Chronic Dialysis in the United States | Zendy

Ann M. O’Hare | Zendy; Andy I. Choi | Zendy; W. John Boscardin | Zendy; Walter L. Clinton | Zendy; Ilan Zawadzki | Zendy; Paul L. Hebert | Zendy; Manjula Kurella Tamura | Zendy; Leslie Taylor | Zendy; Eric B. Larson | Zendy

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Trends in Timing of Initiation of Chronic Dialysis in the United States

Author(s) -

Ann M. O’Hare,

Andy I. Choi,

W. John Boscardin,

Walter L. Clinton,

Ilan Zawadzki,

Paul L. Hebert,

Manjula Kurella Tamura,

Leslie Taylor,

Eric B. Larson

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

archives of internal medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1538-3679

pISSN - 0003-9926

DOI - 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.436

Subject(s) - dialysis , medicine , kidney disease , renal function , confidence interval , population , intensive care medicine , nephrology , environmental health

During the past decade, a trend has been observed in the United States toward initiation of chronic dialysis at higher levels of estimated glomerular filtration rate. This likely reflects secular trends in the composition of the dialysis population and a tendency toward initiation of dialysis earlier in the course of kidney disease.

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