Predialysis Cardiovascular Disease Medication Adherence and Mortality After Transition to Dialysis

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 609-618

  Molnar, Miklos Z ^a   Gosmanova, Elvira O ^b,c   Sumida, Keiichi ^a   Potukuchi, Praveen K ^a   Lu, Jun Ling ^a   Jing, Jennie ^d   Ravel, Vanessa A ^d   Soohoo, Melissa ^d   Rhee, Connie M ^d   Streja, Elani ^d   Kalantar Zadeh, Kamyar ^d   Kovesdy, Csaba P ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b STRATTON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

advanced chronic kidney disease; anti hypertensive medications; aspirin; cardiovascular mortality; cardiovascular pharmacotherapy; drug therapy; medication adherence; medication possession ratio (MPR); mortality; pharmacy database analysis; proportion of days covered (PDC); statins; Transition to dialysis; treatment compliance

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALBUMIN; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BICARBONATE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; CREATININE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; ERYTHROPOIETIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LOOP DIURETIC AGENT; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PHOSPHATE BINDING AGENT; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT; VASODILATOR AGENT; VITAMIN D DERIVATIVE;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHARMACY; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMPLICATION; MORTALITY; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; RENAL DIALYSIS; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84964318656     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: 15236838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2016.02.051     Document Type: Article

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