Non-recovery from dialysis-requiring acute kidney injury and short-term mortality and cardiovascular risk: a cohort study

Abstract Background The high mortality and cardiovascular disease (CVD) burden in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) is well-documented. Recent literature suggests that acute kidney injury is also associated with CVD. It is unknown whether patients with incident ESRD due to dialysis-requir...

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Main Authors: Benjamin J. Lee, Chi-yuan Hsu, Rishi V. Parikh, Thomas K. Leong, Thida C. Tan, Sophia Walia, Kathleen D. Liu, Raymond K. Hsu, Alan S. Go
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-06-01
Series:BMC Nephrology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12882-018-0924-3