Journal article
Lower probability of patient survival with continuous peritoneal dialysis in the United States compared with Canada. Canada-USA (CANUSA) Peritoneal Dialysis Study Group.
Abstract
In a prospective cohort study of 680 incident continuous peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients in North America, dialysis in the United States compared with Canada was associated with a relative risk (RR) of death of 1.93 (95% confidence interval [CI], 1.14 to 3.28). The 2-yr survival probability was 79.7% in Canada and 63.2% in the United States. This difference was not explained by race, age, gender, functional status, insulin-dependent diabetes …
Authors
Churchill DN; Thorpe KE; Vonesh EF; Keshaviah PR
Journal
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, Vol. 8, No. 6, pp. 965–971
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Publication Date
June 1997
DOI
10.1681/asn.v86965
ISSN
1046-6673