Journal article
Dialysis Initiation and All-Cause Mortality Among Incident Adult Patients With Advanced CKD: A Meta-analysis With Bias Analysis
Abstract
RATIONALE & OBJECTIVES: 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.
STUDY DESIGN: Meta-analysis with bias analysis for unmeasured confounding.
Authors
Fu R; Sekercioglu N; Mathur MB; Couban R; Coyte PC
Journal
Kidney Medicine, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 64–75.e1
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
January 2021
DOI
10.1016/j.xkme.2020.09.013
ISSN
2590-0595