Open AccessIncreased bone fractures among elderly United States hemodialysis patients
Author(s) -
Jasenka Wagner,
Kenar D. Jhaveri,
Lisa Rosen,
S. R. Sunday,
Anna Mathew,
Steven Fishbane
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
nephrology dialysis transplantation
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.654
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1460-2385
pISSN - 0931-0509
DOI - 10.1093/ndt/gft352
Subject(s) - medicine , hemodialysis , dialysis , incidence (geometry) , surgery , hip fracture , kidney disease , osteoporosis , optics , physics
Fractures are an important cause of morbidity in hemodialysis patients. Multiple advances in the treatment of mineral and bone disease in hemodialysis patients have occurred. The purpose of this study was to determine whether the rate of fractures in hemodialysis patients has changed over time.
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