Fractures in chronic kidney disease: neglected, common, and associated with sickness and death.
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1038/ki.2013.302.
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Abstract
Bone fractures in dialysis patients have been poorly studied in the past. Tentori et al. partially fill this gap, assessing the incidence of post-fracture morbidity and mortality in patients of the Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (DOPPS). A high frequency of fractures and increased adverse outcomes following a fracture were observed. The nephrology community should pay more attention to bone fractures in dialysis patients.
Medical subject headings
- Fractures, Bone
- Kidney Failure, Chronic