Residual Kidney Function Decline and Mortality in Incident Hemodialysis Patients

• Published in: Journal of the American Society of Nephrology Vol. 27; no. 12; pp. 3758 - 3768
• Main Authors: Obi, Yoshitsugu, Rhee, Connie M., Mathew, Anna T., Shah, Gaurang, Streja, Elani, Brunelli, Steven M., Kovesdy, Csaba P., Mehrotra, Rajnish, Kalantar-Zadeh, Kamyar
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Society of Nephrology 01.12.2016
• Subjects: Clinical Epidemiology; Female; Humans; Kidney - physiopathology; Kidney Failure, Chronic - mortality; Kidney Failure, Chronic - physiopathology; Kidney Failure, Chronic - therapy; Kidney Function Tests; Male; Middle Aged; Renal Dialysis - mortality; Retrospective Studies; hemodialysis; end stage kidney disease; end-stage renal disease; renal function decline; chronic hemodialysis; hemodialysis adequacy

In patients with ESRD, residual kidney function (RKF) contributes to achievement of adequate solute clearance. However, few studies have examined RKF in patients on hemodialysis. In a longitudinal cohort of 6538 patients who started maintenance hemodialysis over a 4-year period (January 2007 through...