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<journal-id>0872-0169</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Portuguese Journal of Nephrology & Hypertension]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Port J Nephrol Hypert]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0872-0169</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Sociedade Portuguesa de Nefrologia]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0872-01692022000100040</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.32932/pjnh.2022.03.169</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Early mortality in incident hemodialysis patients - A retrospective case-control study]]></article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
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<surname><![CDATA[Veri&#769;ssimo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Rita]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Sousa]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Luís Leite de]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Carvalho]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Tiago J.]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Fidalgo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Pedro]]></given-names>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Ocidental Hospital de Santa Cruz Nephrology Department]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Lisboa ]]></addr-line>
<country>Portugal</country>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>30</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>30</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>36</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>40</fpage>
<lpage>45</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0872-01692022000100040&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0872-01692022000100040&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0872-01692022000100040&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT  Introduction:  Chronic kidney disease has significant morbidity and mortality worldwide. Various studies have demonstrated that incidente patients experience a higher mortality rate within the first 3 months of dialysis.  Methods:  A single-center retrospective case-control study (1:3) was performed to determine early (&lt;90 days) mortality rate and associated risk factors in incident hemodialysis patients from January 2013 to December 2018. We compared variables between survivors and non-survivors at 90 days after initiation of hemodialysis. Multivariate logistic regression was used to calculate the adjusted odds ratio with 95% confidence intervals for the variables associated with early mortality and a predictive model was developed.  Results:  From a total of 626 incident hemodialysis patients, 48 (7.7%) died before 90 days of treatment. Non-survivors were older [OR 1.07 (1.03-1.11)], had higher rates of non-recovering acute kidney injury [OR 7.91 (3.63-17.24)], emergency start of hemodialysis [OR 4.31 (2.15-8.62)], congestive heart failure [OR 5.68 (2.81-11.48)], ischemic cardiomyopathy [OR 4.50 (2.25-8.99)], chronic obstructive pulmonary disease [OR 3.60 (1.44-8.95)], Charlson comorbidity index [OR 1.47 (1.27-1.70)] and dependence of assistance in daily living activities [OR 3.46 (1.76-6.82)]. Patients were less likely to have 90-day mortality if they had nephrologist appointments at least 90 days prior to end-stage renal disease [OR 0.25, 95% CI (0.13-0.50); p&lt;0.001] or a higher serum albumin [OR 0.34, 95% CI (0.19-0.62); p&lt;0.001]. Multivariate analysis risk factors independently associated with early mortality were older age [aOR 1.06 (1-01-1.10), p=0.022], acute kidney injury as cause of end-stage renal disease [aOR 12.62 (4.50-35.40), p&lt;0.001], congestive heart failure [aOR 3.79 (1.58-9.11), p=0.003], and Charlson comorbidity index [aOR 1.30 (1.09-1.56), p=0.005]. The model showed very good discriminative ability [AUROC (95% CI) 0.88 (0.83-0.94)].  Conclusion:  Early mortality occurred in 7.7% of our population. Our model could be used to identify patients at higher risk of death during the first 90 days of hemodialysis and aid informed decision-making regarding end-stage renal disease treatment options.]]></p></abstract>
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