Publications by authors named "Bessie Ann Young"
Background: Survival statistics for daily haemodialysis are lacking as most centres providing this have treated only a small number of patients for short observation times. We pooled our 23-year, 1006-patient-year, five-centre experience of 415 patients treated by short daily haemodialysis.
Methods: One hundred and fifty patients were treated in-centre, most because of medical complications and 265 by home or self-care haemodialysis.
Objective: To determine whether the number and severity of diabetes complications are associated with increased risk of mortality and hospitalizations.
Study Design: Validation sample.
Methods: The Diabetes Complications Severity Index (DCSI) was developed from automated clinical baseline data of a primary care diabetes cohort and compared with a simple count of complications to predict mortality and hospitalizations.