Modified A-DROP score and mortality in hemodialysis patients with pneumonia

Abstract Background Pneumonia is common in hemodialysis (HD) patients and has a poor prognosis, but there is little information on an accurate method for evaluating the severity of pneumonia, which is closely associated with prognosis, in HD patients. This study examined a method for evaluating the...

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Main Authors: Makoto Harada, Takeshi Masubuchi, Kazuaki Fujii, Yukifumi Kurasawa, Tohru Ichikawa, Mamoru Kobayashi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-09-01
Series:Renal Replacement Therapy
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41100-017-0120-0