Significance of the decreased risk of dialysis-related amyloidosis now proven by results from Japanese nationwide surveys in 1998 and 2010 | Zendy

Junichi Hoshino | Zendy; Kunihiro Yamagata | Zendy; Shinichi Nishi | Zendy; Shigeru Nakai | Zendy; Ikuto Masakane | Zendy; Kunitoshi Iseki | Zendy; Yoshiharu Tsubakihara | Zendy

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Significance of the decreased risk of dialysis-related amyloidosis now proven by results from Japanese nationwide surveys in 1998 and 2010

Author(s) -

Junichi Hoshino,

Kunihiro Yamagata,

Shinichi Nishi,

Shigeru Nakai,

Ikuto Masakane,

Kunitoshi Iseki,

Yoshiharu Tsubakihara

Publication year - 2015

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/gfv276

Subject(s) - medicine , dialysis , cohort , hemodialysis , odds ratio , incidence (geometry) , confidence interval , amyloidosis , cohort study , surgery , optics , physics

Although dialysis technology greatly improved in recent years, it remained unclear whether those improvements helped decrease the incidence of dialysis-related amyloidosis (DRA). Accordingly, we retrospectively compared the incidence of first-time carpal tunnel surgery (CTS)-as proxy for DRA onset-in two cohorts of chronic hemodialysis patients, with the second cohort studied after dialysis methods (especially dialyzate quality control) had greatly improved.

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