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The use of activated vitamin D and risks of hospitalization for infection and amputation in incident hemodialysis patients in Taiwan: a nationwide population-based cohort study.

Jo-Yen ChaoChung-Yi LiMing-Cheng WangYea-Huei Kao Yang
Published in: BMC nephrology (2020)
The findings suggest that therapeutic activated vitamin D use in hemodialysis patients may be beneficial for decreasing infection events and amputation, of which the latter is a complication of peripheral vascular disease, rather than reducing major atherosclerotic cardiovascular events such as AMI or ischemic stroke.
Keyphrases
  • cardiovascular events
  • cardiovascular disease
  • lower limb
  • coronary artery disease
  • acute myocardial infarction
  • peripheral artery disease
  • heart failure
  • risk assessment