Incidence of acute cholecystitis underwent cholecystectomy in incidence dialysis patients: a nationwide population-based cohort study in Korea.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patients on dialysis have numerous gastrointestinal problems related to uremia, which may represent concealed cholecystitis. We investigated the incidence and risk of acute cholecystitis in dialysis patients and used national health insurance data to identify acute cholecystitis in Korea.

Methods

The Korean National Health Insurance Database was used, with excerpted data from the insurance claim of the International Classification of Diseases code of dialysis and acute cholecystitis treated with cholecystectomy. We included all patients who commenced dialysis between 2004 and 2013 and selected the same number of controls via propensity score matching.

Results

A total of 59,999 dialysis and control patients were analyzed; of these, 3,940 dialysis patients (6

SUBMITTER: Choi H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8995489 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature