Postoperative mortality in patients on chronic dialysis following elective surgery: A systematic review and meta-analysis

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 15; no. 6; p. e0234402
• Main Authors: Palamuthusingam, Dharmenaan, Nadarajah, Arun, Pascoe, Elaine M., Craig, Jonathan, Johnson, David W., Hawley, Carmel M., Fahim, Magid
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: San Francisco Public Library of Science 26.06.2020; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Biology and Life Sciences; Care and treatment; Chronic kidney failure; Diabetes; Diabetes mellitus; Dialysis; Elective surgery; End-stage renal disease; Health risks; Hemodialysis patients; Heterogeneity; Hospitals; Kidney diseases; Kidneys; Medical treatment; Medicine; Medicine and Health Sciences; Meta-analysis; Mortality; Mortality risk; Nephrology; Orthopedics; Patient outcomes; Patients; Peritoneal dialysis; Postoperative period; Ratios; Regression analysis; Slopes; Studies; Surgery; Systematic review; Australia; Queensland Australia; St Lucia

The prognostic significance of dialysis-dependent end-stage kidney disease on postoperative mortality is unclear. This study aims to estimate the odds of postoperative mortality in patients receiving chronic dialysis undergoing elective surgery compared to patients with normal kidney function, and t...