Medication use, renin-angiotensin system inhibitors, and acute care utilization after hospitalization in patients with chronic kidney disease.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The aims of this secondary analysis were to: (a) characterize medication use following hospital discharge for patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), and (b) investigate relationships of medication use with the primary composite outcome of acute care utilization 90 days after hospitalization.

Methods

The CKD-Medication Intervention Trial (CKD-MIT) enrolled acutely ill hospitalized patients with CKD stages 3-5 not dialyzed (CKD 3-5 ND). In this post hoc analysis, data for medication use were characterized, and the relationship of medication use with the primary outcome was evaluated using Cox proportional hazards models.

Results

Participants were taking a mean of 12.6 (standard deviation=5.1) medications, including medications from a wide variety of medi

SUBMITTER: Neumiller JJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7418245 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul-Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature