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Early Mortality in Incident Hemodialysis Patients: Risk Factors and Nomogram Prediction.

Key takeaways

Most research on deaths among dialysis patients looks at people who have been on it for a while, not the first months. This study used Shenzhen dialysis records from January 2015 to November 2021 to find what raises the risk of dying early after starting hemodialysis, and built a scoring chart to predict it. It is an observational study, so the risk factors it names are linked to early death, not proven causes of it. A prediction tool like this also needs testing in a separate group of patients before it can be trusted in the clinic.

Who did this work

Zhang S · Wang X · Zeng P · Li W · Gao H · Wei X · Xu Z · Wang S · Li D · Luan S · Zhang X

Source

Paper · Europe PMC, CKD · 2026-09-07
https://doi.org/10.1159/bpu/abpag012