Statin use among Veterans with dialysis-dependent chronic kidney disease.

Talar W MarkossianHolly J KramerNicholas J BurgeIvan V PacoldDavid J LeeheyZhiping HuoJulia SchneiderBenjamin LingKevin T Stroupe

Published in: Hemodialysis international. International Symposium on Home Hemodialysis (2019)

Statins are a commonly prescribed medication among Veterans receiving maintenance dialysis and approximately one-third of statin utilization is high dose in this population. Future studies should examine patient preferences, comorbidities, and dialysis characteristics that impact the risks and benefits of statin use in order to identify those patients who will or will not benefit from continued statin use.

Keyphrases

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