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2021 Jan-Feb


Kidney Med


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Dialysis Initiation and All-Cause Mortality Among Incident Adult Patients With Advanced CKD: A Meta-analysis With Bias Analysis.

Authors

Fu R, Sekercioglu N, Mathur MB, Couban R, Coyte PC
Kidney Med. 2021 Jan-Feb; 3(1):64-75.e1.
PMID: 33604540.

Abstract

Due to unmeasured confounding, observational studies have limitations when assessing whether dialysis initiation reduces mortality compared with conservative therapy among adults with advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD). We addressed this issue in this meta-analysis.