Patient-focused outcomes after initiation of dialysis for ESRD: mortality, hospitalization and functional impairment.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Outcome data regarding clinically relevant endpoints after starting dialysis for end-stage renal disease (ESRD) are sparse, and early events after starting dialysis are particularly underestimated. The aim of this study was to describe patient-focused outcomes in ESRD patients starting from first dialysis.

Methods

The data basis for this retrospective observational study were anonymized healthcare data from Germany's largest statutory health insurer. We identified ESRD patients who initiated dialysis in 2017. Deaths, hospitalizations and occurrence of functional impairment within 4 years after starting dialysis were recorded starting from first treatment. Hazard ratios in dialysis patients compared with an age- and sex-matched reference population without dialysis

SUBMITTER: Kolbrink B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10615626 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature