Abstract
About “Low Mortality and Key Aspects of Delivery of Care for End-Stage Renal Disease in Italy”
Highlights
The comparison of results among national registries or between countries participating in multinational studies allows identification of better outcomes and exploration of the reasons
This report has some methodological limitations, such as lack of analysis of the association between factors proposed as causative and the observed effect
This report establishes a reference of what one could achieve in terms of optimizing results among patients on hemodialysis as a chronic replacement therapy
Summary
The comparison of results among national registries or between countries participating in multinational studies (such as DOPPS[2]) allows identification of better outcomes and exploration of the reasons. This report has some methodological limitations, such as lack of analysis of the association between factors proposed as causative (vascular access, predialysis follow-up, etc.) and the observed effect (low mortality).
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