Trends in Rates of Lower Extremity Amputation Among Patients With End-stage Renal Disease Who Receive Dialysis | Zendy

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Trends in Rates of Lower Extremity Amputation Among Patients With End-stage Renal Disease Who Receive Dialysis

Author(s) -

Douglas Franz,

Yuanchao Zheng,

Nicholas J. Leeper,

Venita Chandra,

Maria E. MontezRath,

Tara I. Chang

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

jama internal medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 5.14

H-Index - 342

eISSN - 2168-6114

pISSN - 2168-6106

DOI - 10.1001/jamainternmed.2018.2436

Subject(s) - medicine , end stage renal disease , dialysis , amputation , stage (stratigraphy) , disease , end stage kidney disease , intensive care medicine , surgery , paleontology , biology

Patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) who receive dialysis are at high risk of lower extremity amputation. Recent studies indicate decreasing rates of lower extremity amputation in non-ESRD populations, but contemporary data for patients with ESRD who receive dialysis are lacking.

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