Dalia E Yousif, Xiaoling Ye, Stefano Stuard, Juan Berbessi, Adrian M Guinsburg, Len A Usvyat, Jochen G Raimann, Jeroen P Kooman, Frank M van der Sande, Neill Duncan, Kevin J Woollard, Rupert Bright, Charles Pusey, Vineet Gupta, Joachim H Ix, Peter Kotanko, Rakesh Malhotra
INTRODUCTION: Inflammation is highly prevalent among patients with end-stage kidney disease and is associated with adverse outcomes. We aimed to investigate longitudinal changes in inflammatory markers in a diverse international incident hemodialysis patient population. METHODS: The MONitoring Dialysis Outcomes (MONDO) Consortium encompasses hemodialysis databases from 31 countries in Europe, North America, South America, and Asia. The MONDO database was queried for inflammatory markers (total white blood cell count [WBC], neutrophil count, lymphocyte count, serum albumin, and C-reactive protein [CRP]) and hemoglobin levels in incident hemodialysis patients...
January 2023: KI Reports