Effect of renal support therapy on 5-year survival in patients discharged from the intensive care unit.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Between 30 and 70% of patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) have acute kidney injury (AKI), and 10% of these patients will require renal replacement therapy (RRT). A significant number of studies have compared the mortality of patients who require RRT versus those who do not require it, finding an increase in mortality rates in the short and medium term; however, few studies have evaluated the long-term survival in a mixture of patients admitted to the ICU.

Objective

To evaluate the impact of RRT on 5-year survival in patients with AKI admitted to the ICU.

Methods

Using administrative databases of insurers of the Colombian health system, a cohort of patients admitted to the ICU between 1 January 2012 and 31 December 2013 was followed until 31 D

SUBMITTER: Oliveros H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7437019 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature