Optimal start in dialysis shows increased survival in patients with chronic kidney disease

• DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0219037
• Publication Date: 2019-07-30T17:25:42Z
• Authors: Araceli Caro Mart...; Antonio Olry de L...; José Manuel Muñoz...; Óscar Javier Mend...; César Remón Rodrí...; Leticia García Mo...; Pablo Castro de l...; Nuria Aresté Fosalba
• Keywords: Adult; Male; Time Factors; Adolescent; Science; Estudios de cohortes; Kaplan-Meier Estimate; Nephrologists; Cohort Studies; Estudios retrospectivos; 03 medical and health sciences; 0302 clinical medicine; Renal Dialysis; Estimación de Kaplan-Meier; Humans; Registries; Insuficiencia renal crónica; Renal Insufficiency, Chronic; Diálisis renal; Aged; Proportional Hazards Models; Retrospective Studies; Persona de mediana edad; Hospitals, Public; Q; R; Middle Aged; Modelos de riesgos proporcionales; 3. Good health; Survival Rate; Renal Replacement Therapy; Spain; Factores de tiempo; Medicine; Sistema de registros; Female; Public Health; Peritoneal Dialysis; Research Article

To compare the survival among patients with chronic kidney disease who had optimal starts of renal replacement therapy, dialysis or hemodialysis, suboptimal starts.