A massive natural disaster, the Great East Japan Earthquake, and the incidence of dialysis due to end-stage kidney disease.

Michiaki AbeTetsuya AkaishiKoto IshizawaHirohisa ShinanoHiroshi OhtomoKazuhiko OrikasaShin TakayamaAtsuko MasauraMariko MiyazakiTakaaki AbeKenichi YokotaTadashi Ishii

Published in: Journal of nephrology (2021)

There was an increase in the number of dialysis initiations, especially caused by hypertensive renal diseases, for up to 10 years after the Great East Japan Earthquake.

Keyphrases

chronic kidney disease
end stage renal disease
blood pressure
peritoneal dialysis
risk factors