Meeting KDOQI Guideline Goals at Hemodialysis Initiation and Survival during the First Year
Author(s) -
Yelena Slinin,
Haifeng Guo,
David T. Gilbertson,
Lih-Wen Mau,
Kristine E. Ensrud,
Thomas S. Rector,
Allan J. Collins,
Areef Ishani
Publication year - 2010
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.01320210
Subject(s) - medicine , guideline , hemodialysis , dialysis , hazard ratio , proportional hazards model , retrospective cohort study , kidney disease , cohort , intensive care medicine , cohort study , end stage renal disease , confidence interval , pathology
To determine, in a national cohort of incident hemodialysis patients, whether meeting a greater number of National Kidney Foundation Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative (KDOQI) guideline goals at dialysis initiation was independently associated, in a graded manner, with lower first-year mortality rates.
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