Development of a prognostic risk score to predict early mortality in incident elderly Japanese hemodialysis patients.

Hirokazu OkadaAtsushi OnoKoji TomoriTsutomu InoueNorio HanafusaKen SakaiIchiei NaritaToshiki MoriyamaYoshitaka IsakaKei FukamiSeiji ItanoEiichiro KandaNaoki Kashihara

Published in: PloS one (2024)

We developed a prognostic risk score predicting early death within 1 year in incident elderly Japanese HD patients, which may help detect elderly patients with a high-risk of early death after HD introduction.

Keyphrases

middle aged
cardiovascular disease
end stage renal disease
community dwelling
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors
cardiovascular events
patient reported outcomes