Short-term prognosis of emergently hospitalized dialysis-independent chronic kidney disease patients: A nationwide retrospective cohort study in Japan.

Short-term prognosis of emergently hospitalized dialysis-independent chronic kidney disease patients: A nationwide retrospective cohort study in Japan.

In patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), low body mass index (BMI) is associated with high mortality. This relationship in emergently hospitalized CKD patients is unknown. We investigated the association between obesity and short-term mortality in emergently admitted patients with dialysis-ind...

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Main Authors: Hiroaki Kikuchi, Eiichiro Kanda, Takayasu Mori, Hidehiko Sato, Soichiro Iimori, Naohiro Nomura, Shotaro Naito, Eisei Sohara, Tomokazu Okado, Shinichi Uchida, Kiyohide Fushimi, Tatemitsu Rai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0208258

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