Association of Polypharmacy with Kidney Disease Progression in Adults with CKD.

Hiroshi KimuraKenichi TanakaHirotaka SaitoTsuyoshi IwasakiAkira OdaShuhei WatanabeMakoto KannoMichio ShimabukuroKoichi AsahiTsuyoshi WatanabeJunichiro James Kazama

Published in: Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN (2021)

The use of a high number of medications was associated with a high risk of kidney failure, cardiovascular events, and all-cause mortality in Japanese patients with nondialysis-dependent CKD under nephrology care.

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