Abstract
To the Editor: Uremic pruritus (UP) is common in patients receiving chronic dialysis and has been associated with unfavorable outcomes and survival. The cause of death among patients with UP has been controversial.1,2 We designed this prospective open cohort study using retrospectively collected data from the Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database (NHIRD). The NHIRD contains the deidentified information regarding diagnosis, prescriptions, examinations, operations, and expenditures in both inpatient and outpatient services of 99.8% (23 million) of residents in Taiwan since March 1995.
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