Clinical frailty assessment might be associated with mortality in incident dialysis patients

Abstract Frailty is associated with mortality in maintenance dialysis patients. For incident dialysis patients, we used the clinical frailty scale (CFS) to investigate frailty as related to mortality or hospitalization within 2 years. We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of patients initi...

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Main Authors: Rikako Oki, Yoshifumi Hamasaki, Shiho Tsuji, Kana Suzuki, Sayaka Tsuneishi, Mikie Imafuku, Yohei Komaru, Yoshihisa Miyamoto, Ryo Matsuura, Kent Doi, Masaomi Nangaku
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-10-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-22483-8