Extended-hours hemodialysis is associated with lower mortality risk in patients with end-stage renal disease.

ABSTRACT: Extended-hours hemodialysis offers substantially longer treatment time compared to conventional hemodialysis schedules and is associated with improved fluid and electrolyte control and favorable cardiac remodeling. However, whether extended-hours hemodialysis improves survival remains unclear. Therefore, we determined the association between extended-hours compared to conventional hemodialysis and the risk of all-cause mortality in a nationally representative cohort of patients initiating maintenance dialysis in the United States from 2007 to 2011. Survival analyses using causal inference modeling with marginal structural models were performed to compare mortality risk among 1206 individuals undergoing thrice weekly extended-hours hemodialysis or 111,707 patients receiving conventional hem

SUBMITTER: Rivara MB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5123950 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature