Association of decreased quality of life and erectile dysfunction in hemodialysis patients.

Background: Quality of life in hemodialysis patients has been associated with treatment outcomes. We explored the impact of erectile dysfunction on quality of life in a cohort of hemodialysis subjects.

Methods: A random sample of 302 Philadelphia area hemodialysis (HD) subjects was enrolled using a cross-sectional design.

Iron administration and clinical outcomes in hemodialysis patients.

To evaluate the impact of parenteral iron administration on the survival and rate of hospitalization of US hemodialysis patients, a nonconcurrent cohort study of 10,169 hemodialysis patients in the United States in 1994 was conducted. The main outcome measures were patient survival and rate of hospitalization. After adjusting for 23 demographic and comorbidity characteristics among 5833 patients included in multivariable analysis, bills for View Article and Find Full Text PDF