Open AccessInfection-related hospitalization and risk of end-stage renal disease in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: a nationwide population-based study
Author(s) -
ChienHung Lin,
PeirHaur Hung,
HsiaoYun Hu,
Yann-Jang Chen,
HowRan Guo,
KuanYu Hung
Publication year - 2016
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/gfw407
Subject(s) - medicine , end stage renal disease , hazard ratio , bacteremia , proportional hazards model , confidence interval , population , cohort , cohort study , disease , antibiotics , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , environmental health
Infections are a major cause of morbidity in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), and may lead to death. No nationally representative study of patients with SLE has examined the rates of infection-related hospitalization and the risk of end-stage renal disease (ESRD).
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