Emergency department visits and hospitalizations among hemodialysis patients by day of the week and dialysis schedule in the United States.

Emergency department visits and hospitalizations among hemodialysis patients by day of the week and dialysis schedule in the United States.

<h4>Background and objective</h4>Previous reports indicated that patients on thrice-weekly hemodialysis (HD) had higher mortality rates after the 3-day interdialytic interval. However, day-of-the-week patterns of emergency department (ED) visits and hospitalizations remain under-investig...

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Main Authors: Sai Zhang, Hal Morgenstern, Patrick Albertus, Brahmajee K Nallamothu, Kevin He, Rajiv Saran
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0220966

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