Fractures in chronic kidney disease: neglected, common, and associated with sickness and death

Kidney Int. 2014 Jan;85(1):20-2. doi: 10.1038/ki.2013.302.

Abstract

Bone fractures in dialysis patients have been poorly studied in the past. Tentori et al. partially fill this gap, assessing the incidence of post-fracture morbidity and mortality in patients of the Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (DOPPS). A high frequency of fractures and increased adverse outcomes following a fracture were observed. The nephrology community should pay more attention to bone fractures in dialysis patients.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Female
  • Fractures, Bone / mortality*
  • Humans
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic / complications*
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic / mortality*
  • Male