Cannabis Use and Risk of Acute Kidney Injury in Patients with Advanced Chronic Kidney Disease Transitioning to Dialysis.

ABSTRACT: Background: The current social and legal landscape is likely to foster the medicinal and recreational use of cannabis. Synthetic cannabinoid use is associated with acute kidney injury (AKI) in case reports; however, the association between natural cannabis use and AKI risk in patients with advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD) is unknown. Materials and Methods: From a nationally representative cohort of 102,477 U.S. veterans transitioning to dialysis between 2007 and 2015, we identified 2215 patients with advanced CKD who had undergone urine toxicology (UTOX) tests within a year before dialysis initiation and had inpatient serial serum creatinine levels measured within 7 days after their UTOX test. The exposure of interest was cannabis use compared with no use as ascertained

SUBMITTER: Potukuchi PK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9940810 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature