Mortality Risk in Chronic Kidney Disease Patients Transitioning to Dialysis: Impact of Opiate and Non-Opiate Use.

CONCLUSIONS: In NDD-CKD patients transitioning to dialysis, pre-ESRD opiate and gabapentin/pregabalin use were associated with higher post-ESRD mortality, whereas non-opiate analgesic use was not associated with death. There was a graded association between increasing frequency of pre-ESRD opiate use and incrementally higher mortality.
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Source: American Journal of Nephrology - August 9, 2020 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: You AS, Kalantar-Zadeh K, Streja E, Park C, Sim JJ, Tantisattamo E, Hsiung JT, Obi Y, Potukuchi PK, Amin AN, Nguyen DV, Kovesdy CP, Rhee CM Tags: Am J Nephrol Source Type: research