A National Case-Crossover Study on the Risk of Kidney Injury Requiring Dialysis after Sepsis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patients with sepsis-associated acute kidney injury (AKI) are at risk of kidney damage, potentially necessitating acute temporary or chronic dialysis. Our study aims to estimate the odds ratio (OR) of preceding sepsis among patients requiring their first dialysis.

Methods

A nationwide population-based case-only study was conducted using claims records from the National Health insurance database of Taiwan. All patients over 20 years of age who underwent their first dialysis between 2004 and 2016 were included in the study. The six months prior to their first dialysis served as a self-control period.

Results

The study included 147,201 patients who required acute temporary and 75,031 patients who required chronic dialysis. The odds ratios for patients needing

SUBMITTER: Wong CS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10419702 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature