Anticoagulant-related nephropathy: systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The aim of this study was to report the prevalence and mortality associated with anticoagulant-related nephropathy (ARN) through a systematic review of the literature.

Methods

Electronic searches were conducted in the Medline and EMBASE databases, and manual searches were performed in the reference lists of the identified studies. The studies were selected by two independent researchers, first by evaluating the titles and abstracts and then by reading the complete texts of the identified studies. Case series, cross-sectional studies, cohort studies and case-control studies reporting the prevalence and factors associated with ARN were selected. The methodological quality was assessed using the Newcastle-Ottawa scale. Meta-analyses of the prevalence of ARN and 5-yea

SUBMITTER: de Aquino Moura KB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6543958 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature