Open AccessKey Comorbid Conditions that Are Predictive of Survival among Hemodialysis Patients
Author(s) -
Dana C. Miskulin,
Jennifer L. BraggGresham,
Brenda W. Gillespie,
Francesca Tentori,
Ronald L. Pisoni,
Hocine Tighiouart,
Andrew S. Levey,
Friedrich K. Port
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
clinical journal of the american society of nephrology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.755
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1555-905X
pISSN - 1555-9041
DOI - 10.2215/cjn.00640109
Subject(s) - comorbidity , medicine , hemodialysis , statistic , demographics , dialysis , medical record , explained variation , intensive care medicine , demography , statistics , mathematics , sociology
ing information about comorbid illnesses from the medical record can be time-consuming, particularly when a large number of conditions are under consideration. We sought to determine which conditions are most prognostic and whether comorbidity continues to contribute to a survival model once laboratory and clinical parameters have been accounted for.