How safe is renal replacement therapy? A national study of mortality and adverse events contributing to the death of renal replacement therapy recipients | Zendy

Benjamin Bray | Zendy; J. Gordon Boyd | Zendy; C. Daly | Zendy; Arthur Doyle | Zendy; Ken Donaldson | Zendy; John Fox | Zendy; Andrew J. Innes | Zendy; I.H. Khan | Zendy; Bruce Mackin | Zendy; Robert Peel | Zendy; Ilona Shilliday | Zendy; K.J. Simpson | Zendy; G. Stewart | Zendy; Jamie P. Traynor | Zendy; Wendy Metcalfe | Zendy

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How safe is renal replacement therapy? A national study of mortality and adverse events contributing to the death of renal replacement therapy recipients

Author(s) -

Benjamin Bray,

J. Gordon Boyd,

C. Daly,

Arthur Doyle,

Ken Donaldson,

John Fox,

Andrew J. Innes,

I.H. Khan,

Bruce Mackin,

Robert Peel,

Ilona Shilliday,

K.J. Simpson,

G. Stewart,

Jamie P. Traynor,

Wendy Metcalfe

Publication year - 2013

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/gft197

Subject(s) - medicine , renal replacement therapy , adverse effect , incidence (geometry) , intensive care medicine , population , medical therapy , hemodialysis , cause of death , emergency medicine , disease , environmental health , physics , optics

Patients receiving treatment with renal replacement therapy (RRT) have high mortality, and ensuring patient safety in this population is difficult. We aimed to estimate the incidence and nature of medical adverse events contributing to the death of patients being treated with RRT.

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