The association of eGFR reporting with the timing of dialysis initiation.

ABSTRACT: Automated reporting of eGFR by laboratories has been widely implemented during the last decade. Over this same period, a steady increase in eGFR at dialysis initiation has been reported. This study examined trends in eGFR at dialysis initiation over time among incident dialysis patient populations before and after eGFR reporting. All patients who initiated dialysis between January of 2001 and December of 2010 in four Canadian provinces that implemented province-wide automated eGFR reporting and had an eGFR measure at dialysis initiation were included in the study (n=22,208). The primary outcome was change over time in eGFR among patients at dialysis initiation. An interrupted time series and adjusted multilevel regression models were used to determine the differences in eGFR at dialysis in

SUBMITTER: Sood MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4147980 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature