Antihypertensive Medication Exposure and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Hemodialysis Patients
Author(s) -
Theresa I. Shireman,
Milind A. Phadnis,
James B. Wetmore,
Xinhua Zhou,
Sally K. Rigler,
John A. Spertus,
Edward F. Ellerbeck,
Jonathan D. Mahnken
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
american journal of nephrology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1421-9670
pISSN - 0250-8095
DOI - 10.1159/000365255
Subject(s) - medicine , hazard ratio , dialysis , proportional hazards model , clinical endpoint , cohort , hemodialysis , kidney disease , emergency medicine , intensive care medicine , clinical trial , confidence interval
Our understanding of the effectiveness of cardioprotective medications in maintenance dialysis patients is based upon drug exposures assessed at a single point in time. We employed a novel, time-dependent approach to modeling medication use over time to examine outcomes in a large national cohort.
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