Thus, patients with ESKD had a several-fold higher risk of these adverse events than those without advanced chronic kidney disease and constituted an even higher risk group. We further found that the risk of a specific type of ischemic event (myocardial infarction, stroke, or MALE) also ...
We identified patients 66 years old or older with incident kidney cancer (ICD-9 codes 189 to 189.01) diagnosed between January 1, 2000 and December 31, 2009 using the linked SEER-Medicare database. The Medicare database covers approximately 97% of Americans 65 years old or older and SEER re...
Objectives Testing the validity of ICD-9-CM codes to identify diabetic patients with stage 3-5 chronic kidney disease (CKD) in claims data. Methods We conducted a cross-sectional study using claims from a large commercial health plan. Patients meeting the following criteria were included: 1) ...
Effect of homocysteine lowering on mortality and vascular disease in advanced chronic kidney disease and end-stage renal disease: A randomized controlled trial. JAMA 2007, 298, 1163–1170. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [Green Version] Shu, X.J.; Li, Z.F.; Chang, Y.W.; Liu, S.Y.; ...
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10 6.15 ± 2.1 ESKD: end stage kidney disease; CVD: cardiovascular disease; ACE: angiotensin-converting enzyme; ARB: angiotensin receptor blocker; PTH: parathyroid hormone; AngII: angiotensin II; Epi: epinephrine; NE: norepinephrine; SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; VLF...
Importantly, azithromycin has been used for several lung diseases, including asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, bronchiectasis, interstitial lung diseases, [171,172], idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis [173,174], diffuse pan-bronchiolitis [175], and ARDS [176]. It has also been used to ...