Estimating the Fraction of First-Year Hemodialysis Deaths Attributable to Potentially Modifiable Risk Factors: Results from the DOPPS.

Angelo KaraboyasHal MorgensternYun LiBrian A BieberRaymond HakimTakeshi HasegawaMichel JadoulElke SchaeffnerRaymond VanholderRonald L PisoniFriedrich K PortBruce M Robinson

Published in: Clinical epidemiology (2020)

A substantial proportion of first-year HD deaths could be prevented by successfully modifying a few risk factors. Highest priorities should be decreasing catheter use and limiting malnutrition/inflammation whenever possible.

Keyphrases

risk factors
oxidative stress
chronic kidney disease
peritoneal dialysis
end stage renal disease