CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL NEPHROLOGY 21(3) 425-435 2017年6月 [査読有り]
In dialysis patients, physical function is associated with mortality. However, the association between physical function at the time of dialysis initiation and subsequent mortality remains unknown.
A total of 1496 patients with chronic kidney dise...
CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL NEPHROLOGY 21(3) 446-456 2017年6月 [査読有り]
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) eventually progresses to end-stage renal disease (ESRD). However, risk factors associated with CKD progression have not been well characterized in Japanese patients with CKD who are less affected with coronary disease ...
CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL NEPHROLOGY 20(5) 795-807 2016年10月 [査読有り]
Over 300,000 patients receive maintenance dialysis in Japan; managing these patients is extremely important. This study aimed to report on prior management of chronic kidney diseases and prognostication after dialysis initiation.
Seventeen institu...
Background: Death in dialysis patients results mainly from cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. To our knowledge, no prospective study has compared the rates of mortality or cardiovascular events between patients with and without atrial fi...