ABSTRACT. Mortality rates among hemodialysis patients vary greatly across regions.
Representative databases containing extensive profiles of patient characteristics and outcomes …

… Per 10 patients 1.03 b 1.03 c 1.02 b … % Highly trained staff hours (per 10%) 0.84 c 0.94
1.04 … Physician contact time (per 10 min/month) 0.97 0.99 1.01 c …

… Answers given by the DOPPS study coordinator in each hemodialysis center to the question,
“Diagnosis of hepatitis C on or before the enrollment date?[possible choices—yes, no, …

Background. Mortality and hospitalization rates are reported for nationally representative
random samples of haemodialysis patients treated at randomly selected dialysis facilities in five …

BACKGROUND: Previously, the Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (DOPPS)
has shown large international variations in vascular access practice. Greater mortality risks …

Creation, cannulation and survival of arteriovenous fistulae: Data from the Dialysis Outcomes
and Practice Patterns Study. Background An arteriovenous (AV) fistula is the optimal …

Background. Poor sleep quality (SQ) affects many haemodialysis (HD) patients and could
potentially predict their morbidity, mortality, quality of life (QOL) and patterns of medication use. …

… Author links open overlay panel Hugh C. Rayner MD (FRCP) a , Anatole Besarab MD b ,
Wendy W. Brown MD c , Alex Disney MD d , Akira Saito MD e , Ronald L. Pisoni PhD, MS f …

Results Patients very much or extremely bothered by itching declined from 28% in 1996 to
18% in 2015. In 2012–2015, among patients nearly always or always bothered by itching, …

… Author links open overlay panel Hugh C. Rayner MD, FRCP 1 , Lindsay Zepel MS 2 , Douglas
S. Fuller MS 2 , Hal Morgenstern PhD 2 3 4 , Angelo Karaboyas MS 2 , Bruce F. Culleton …