Are peritoneal dialysis patients with and without residual renal function equivalent for survival study? Insight from a retrospective review of the cause of death | Zendy

CheukChun Szeto | Zendy; Tien Yin Wong | Zendy; Kai Ming Chow | Zendy; C. B. Leung | Zendy; P. K.-T. Li | Zendy

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Are peritoneal dialysis patients with and without residual renal function equivalent for survival study? Insight from a retrospective review of the cause of death

Author(s) -

CheukChun Szeto,

Tien Yin Wong,

Kai Ming Chow,

C. B. Leung,

P. K.-T. Li

Publication year - 2003

Publication title -

nephrology dialysis transplantation

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.654

H-Index - 168

eISSN - 1460-2385

pISSN - 0931-0509

DOI - 10.1093/ndt/gfg027

Subject(s) - medicine , peritoneal dialysis , retrospective cohort study , renal function , intensive care medicine , dialysis , hemodialysis , cause of death , disease

It remains unknown whether results of survival studies in anuric patients can be extrapolated to those who still have significant urine output. It is possible that after a prolonged period on dialysis, anuric patients are qualitatively different from patients with residual renal function.

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