Risk factors of short-term mortality after acute nonvariceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding in patients on dialysis: a population-based study
Resource
BMC Nephrol., 14
Journal
BMC Nephrology
Pages
97
Date Issued
2013
Date
2013
Author(s)
Yang J.-Y.
TSUNG-CHUN LEE
Montez-Rath M.E.
Chertow G.M.
Winkelmayer W.C.
Abstract
Background: Impaired kidney function is an established predictor of mortality after acute nonvariceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding (ANVUGIB); however, which factors are associated with mortality after ANVUGIB among patients undergoing dialysis is unknown. We examined the associations among demographic characteristics, dialysis-specific features, and comorbid conditions with short-term mortality after ANVUGIB among patients on dialysis.
Methods: Design: Retrospective cohort study. Setting: United States Renal Data System (USRDS), a nation-wide registry of patients with end-stage renal disease. Participants: All ANVUGIB episodes identified by validated algorithms in Medicare-covered patients between 2003 and 2007. Measurements: Demographic characteristics and comorbid conditions from 1 year of billing claims prior to each bleeding event. We used logistic regression extended with generalized estimating equations methods to model the associations among risk factors and 30-day mortality following ANVUGIB events.
Results: From 2003 to 2007, we identified 40,016 eligible patients with 50,497 episodes of ANVUGIB. Overall 30-day mortality was 10.7% (95% CI: 10.4-11.0). Older age, white race, longer dialysis vintage, peritoneal dialysis (vs. hemodialysis), and hospitalized (vs. outpatient) episodes were independently associated with a higher risk of 30-day mortality. Most but not all comorbid conditions were associated with death after ANVUGIB. The joint ability of all factors captured to discriminate mortality was modest (c=0.68).
Conclusions: We identified a profile of risk factors for 30-day mortality after ANVUGIB among patients on dialysis that was distinct from what had been reported in non-dialysis populations. Specifically, peritoneal dialysis and more years since initiation of dialysis were independently associated with short-term death after ANVUGIB.
Subjects
Gastrointestinal hemorrhage
Risk factors
Mortality
Dialysis
SDGs
Other Subjects
acute nonvariceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding; adult; aged; article; comorbidity; female; hemodialysis; hospitalization; human; kidney failure; major clinical study; male; medicare; mortality; peritoneal dialysis; renal replacement therapy; retrospective study; risk factor; upper gastrointestinal bleeding; Acute Disease; Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Cohort Studies; Female; Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Population Surveillance; Registries; Renal Dialysis; Retrospective Studies; Risk Factors; Time Factors; Young Adult
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