ESRD patient mortality with adjustment for comorbid conditions in Lombardy (Italy) versus the United States

Kidney International

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1013-1018

  Marcelli, Daniele ^b   Stannard, David ^b   Conte, Ferruccio ^b   Held, Philip J ^b   Locatelli, Francesco ^b   Port, Friedrich K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; ITALY; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029767871     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ki.1996.403     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. HELD PJ, BRUNNER F, ODAKA M, GARCIA JR, PORT FK, GAYLIN DS: Five-year survival for end stage renal disease patients in the United States. Europe and Japan, 1982 to 1987. Am J Kidney Dis 15:451-457, 1990
2. HELD PJ, AKIBA T, STEARNS NS, MARUMO F, TURENNE MN, MAEDA K, PORT FK: Survival of middle-aged dialysis patients in Japan and in the US, 1988-89, in Death on Hemodialysis, edited by FRIEDMAN E. Berlin, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1994, pp 13-23
3. U.S. RENAL DATA SYSTEM: USRDS 1995 Annual Data Report. The National Institutes of Health. National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. Bethesda, MD, April 1995. Am J Kidney Dis 26(Suppl 2):1-186, 1995
4. U.S. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS: Statistical Abstract of the United States: 1993 (113th edition). Washington, DC, 1993
5. SISTEMA STATISTICO NAZIONALE: Istituto Nazionale di Statistica: Le regioni in cifre. (Supplemento all' Annuario Statistico Italiano). Roma, ISTAT, 1994
6. HELD PJ, PORT FK, TURENNE MN, GAYLIN DS, HAMBURGER RJ, WOLFE RA: Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis and hemodialysis: Comparison of patient mortality with adjustment for comorbid conditions. Kidney Int 45:1163-1169, 1994
7. U.S. RENAL DATA SYSTEM: USRDS 1992 Annual Data Report. Bethesda, National Institutes of Health, National Institutes of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, 1992
8. LOCATELLI F, MARCELLI D, CONTE F, LIMIDO A, LONATI F, MALBERTI F, SPOTTI D: 1983 to 1992: Report on regular dialysis and transplantation in Lombardy. Am J Kidney Dis 25:196-205, 1995
9. Cox DR: Regression models and life tables (with discussion). J R Statist Soc 34:197-220, 1972
10. COLLETT D: Modelling Survival Data in Medical Research. London, Chapman & Hall, 1994
11. KJELLSTRAND CM: International comparisons of dialysis survival are meningless to evaluate differences in dialysis, in Death on Hemodialysis, edited by FRIEDMAN E, Berlin, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1994, pp 55-68
12. RAINE AEG, MARGRETTER R, BRUNNER FP, EHRICH JHH, GEERLINGS W, LANDAIS P, LOIRAT C, MALLICK NP, SELWOOD NH, TUFVESON G, VALDERRABANO F: Report on management of renal failure in Europe. XXII, 1991. Nephrol Dial Transplant 7(Suppl 2):7-35, 1992
13. HARRIS MI: Prevalence of non-insulin dependent diabetes and impaired glucose tolerance, in Diabetes in America, NIH Publication No 85-1468, edited by the NATIONAL DIABETES DATA GROUP, Bethesda, National Institutes of Health, 1985, pp VI 1-31
14. GARACINI MP, CALORI G, RUOTOLO G, MANARA E, IZZO A, EBBLI E, BOZZETTI AM, BOARI L, LAZZARI P, GALLUS G: Prevalence of NIDDM and impaired glucose tolerance in Italy: An OGTT-based population study. Diabetologia 38:306-13, 1995
15. LAPORTE RE, CRUICKSHANKS KJ: Incidence and risk factors for insulin-dependent diabetes, in Diabetes in America, NIH Publication No 85-1468, edited by NATIONAL DIABETES DATA GROUP, Bethesda, National Institutes of Health, 1985, pp III 1-12
16. CALORI G, GALLUS G, GARACINI P, REPETTO F, MICCOSSI P: Identification of the cohort of type 1 diabetes presenting in Lombardy in 1983-84: A validated assesment. Diabet Med 7:595-599, 1990
17. PORT FK: End-stage renal disease: Magnitude of the problem, prognosis of future trends and possible solutions. Kidney Int 48(Suppl 50):S3-S6, 1995
18. PORT FK, WOLFE RA, MAUGER EA, BERLING, DP, JIANG K: Comparison of survival probabilities for dialysis patients vs cadaveric renal transplant recipients. JAMA 270:1339-1343, 1993
19. U.S. RENAL DATA SYSTEM: Characteristics of dialysis prescription in the US, 1986-1987. Am J Kidney Dis 20(Suppl 2):39-47, 1992
20. LEVIN NW, STANNARD D, GOTCH F, PORT FK: Comparison of mortality risk by Kt/V single pool vs. double pool. Analysis in diabetic and non-diabetic hemodialysis patients. (abstract) J Am Soc Nephrol 6:606, 1995
21. HAKIM RM, HELD PJ, STANNARD D, WOLFE R, PORT FK, DAUGIRDAS JT, AGODOA L: The effect of the dialysis membrane on mortality of chronic hemodialysis patients in the U.S. Kidney Int 50:566-570, 1996
22. HELD PJ, WOLFE RA, GAYLIN DS, PORT FK, LEVIN NW, TURENNE MN: An analysis of the association of dialyzer reuse practices and patient outcomes. Am J Kidney Dis 23:692-708, 1994
23. HELD PJ, BLAGG, CR, LISKA DW, PORT FK, HAKIM R, LEVIN N: The dose of hemodialysis according to dialysis prescription in Europe and the United States. Kidney Int 42(Suppl 38):S16-S21, 1992
24. HELD PJ, PORT FK, WOLFE RA, STANNARD DC, DAUGIRDAS JT, BLOEMBERGEN WE, GREER JW, HAKIM RM: The dose of hemodialysis and patient mortality. Kidney Int 50:550-556, 1996