Dementia, Alzheimer's Disease, and Mortality after Hemodialysis Initiation.

Mara Ann McAdams-DeMarcoMatthew DaubresseSunjae BaeAlden L GrossMichelle C CarlsonDorry L Segev

Published in: Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN (2018)

Older patients on hemodialysis are at substantial risk of diagnosis with dementia and Alzheimer's disease, and carrying these diagnoses is associated with a twofold higher mortality.

Keyphrases

mild cognitive impairment
cognitive decline
peritoneal dialysis
cognitive impairment
end stage renal disease
cardiovascular events
type diabetes
risk factors