Second-generation antipsychotic medications and risk of chronic kidney disease in schizophrenia: population-based nested case-control study.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVES:The study aims to compare the risk of chronic kidney diseases (CKDs) between patients with schizophrenia using first and second-generation antipsychotics. SETTING:Datasets of 2000-2013 National Health Insurance in Taiwan were used. PARTICIPANTS:The National Health Insurance reimbursement claims data have been transferred to and managed by the National Health Research Institute in Taiwan since 1996. We used the Psychiatric Inpatient Medical Claims database, a subset of the National Health Insurance Research Database, comprising a cohort of patients hospitalised for psychiatric disorders between 2000 and 2013 (n=2 67 807). The database included patients with at least one psychiatric inpatient record and one discharge diagnosis of mental disorders coded by the International Classif

SUBMITTER: Wang HY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5988075 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature