Long-term outcomes after dialysis-requiring acute kidney injury

Biomed Res Int. 2014:2014:365186. doi: 10.1155/2014/365186. Epub 2014 Aug 12.

Abstract

AKI-dialysis patients had a higher incidence of long-term ESRD and mortality than the patients without AKI. The patients who recovered from dialysis were associated with a lower incidence of long-term ESRD and mortality than in the patients who still required dialysis.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acute Kidney Injury / mortality*
  • Acute Kidney Injury / therapy*
  • Aged
  • Comorbidity
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic / mortality*
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic / prevention & control*
  • Longitudinal Studies
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Renal Dialysis / mortality*
  • Renal Dialysis / statistics & numerical data*
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Risk Factors
  • Survival Rate
  • Taiwan / epidemiology
  • Treatment Outcome