Infection-Related Hospitalizations in Home Hemodialysis Patients | Zendy

Shu-Hong Bi | Zendy; Wen Tang | Zendy; Nives Rigodanzo-Massey | Zendy; Bessie A. Young | Zendy; Christopher R. Blagg | Zendy; Tao Wang | Zendy; Suhail Ahmad | Zendy

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Infection-Related Hospitalizations in Home Hemodialysis Patients

Author(s) -

Shu-Hong Bi,

Wen Tang,

Nives Rigodanzo-Massey,

Bessie A. Young,

Christopher R. Blagg,

Tao Wang,

Suhail Ahmad

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

blood purification

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.686

H-Index - 57

eISSN - 1421-9735

pISSN - 0253-5068

DOI - 10.1159/000433517

Subject(s) - medicine , hemodialysis , sepsis , dialysis , home hemodialysis , cohort , population , demographics , demography , environmental health , sociology

Infection is an important cause of hospitalization and death in patients receiving hemodialysis (HD). Few studies have examined infection-related hospitalizations in home HD (HHD) population. The purpose of this study was to examine the scope of infections and the effect of HHD modality (daily home HD (DHD) and conventional home HD (CHD)) on infection-related hospitalizations in HHD patients.

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