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Mortality and illicit drug dependence among hemodialysis patients in the United States: a retrospective cohort analysis

BACKGROUND: Illicit drug use is common and known to cause and exacerbate a wide spectrum of kidney disease, often leading to end-stage renal disease (ESRD), but little is known about its prevalence or associated mortality among incident hemodialysis patients. METHODS: This study is a retrospective c...

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Autores principales: Grubbs, Vanessa, Vittighoff, Eric, Grimes, Barbara, Johansen, Kirsten L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4898454/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27278934
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12882-016-0271-1