Association of the frequency of pre-end-stage renal disease medical care with post-end-stage renal disease mortality and hospitalization.

Background: Previous studies have demonstrated that early pre-end-stage renal disease (ESRD) nephrology care could improve postdialysis prognosis. However, less is known about the specific types of interventions responsible for the improved outcomes. We hypothesized that more frequent predialysis laboratory testing is associated with better postdialysis outcomes in incident ESRD patients.

Secondary systemic amyloidosis in inflammatory bowel disease: a nationwide analysis.

Background: Secondary systemic amyloidosis (SSA) is a rare but severe complication of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). We aimed to evaluate the clinical characteristics, predictors of complications, and in-hospital mortality of patients with Crohn's disease (CD) and Ulcerative colitis (UC) who develop SSA.

Methods: Using the National Inpatient Sample, we identified patients hospitalized for IBD and SSA between 2004 and 2012.

Early Mortality Associated with Inpatient versus Outpatient Hemodialysis Initiation in a Large Cohort of US Veterans with Incident End-Stage Renal Disease.

Background: Mortality in the immediate post-hemodialysis transition period is extremely high. Many end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients in the US start dialysis in an inpatient setting, but the characteristics of patients starting dialysis as inpatients, and the association of inpatient hemodialysis transition with mortality remain unclear.

Methods: We examined 48,261 US veterans who transitioned to hemodialysis between October 2007 and September 2011.