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Table 9 Hospitalization rates in all studied patient cohorts

From: Effects of dialysate to serum sodium (Na+) alignment in chronic hemodialysis (HD) patients: retrospective cohort study from a quality improvement project

 

Aligned

Not Aligned

Aligned versus not aligned

Baseline

Follow-up

Change

Baseline

Follow-up

Change

Difference of changes from baseline to follow-up

Intention to Treat

All-Cause Hospitalization

Total Admission Length [days]

3.93+/−8.7

3.18+/−6.22

−0.75 (−2.4 to 0.89)

6.12+/−13.35

5.92+/−10.25

−0.2 (−2.79 to 2.4)

−0.56 (−3.28 to 2.16)

Hospitalization Rate [n/patient year]

1.92+/−3.15

1.66+/−2.62

−0.26 (−0.89 to 0.37)

2.3+/−3.5

2.58+/−3.68

0.28 (−0.5 to 1.06)

−0.54 (−1.38 to 0.3)

Fluid Overload-related Hospitalization

Total Admission Length [days]

0.36+/−2.19

0.05+/−0.44

−0.31 (−0.65 to 0.04)

0.32+/−1.32

0.87+/−3.07

0.55 (0.03 to 1.06)

−0.85 (−1.47 to −0.23)

Hospitalization Rate [n/patient year]

0.17+/−0.78

0.04+/−0.34

−0.13 (−0.26 to 0)

0.19+/−0.73

0.45+/−1.44

0.26 (0.01 to 0.51)

−0.39 (−0.67 to −0.12)

As Treated

All-Cause Hospitalization

Total Admission Length [days]

3.18+/−8.02

3.21+/−6.74

0.03 (−1.73 to 1.79)

5.23+/−12.92

5.56+/−9.31

0.34 (−2.34 to 3.02)

−0.31 (−3.03 to 2.42)

Hospitalization Rate [n/patient year]

1.62+/−3.11

1.78+/−2.75

0.16 (−0.54 to 0.85)

1.87+/−3.03

2.67+/−4

0.8 (−0.04 to 1.64)

−0.64 (−1.51 to 0.22)

Fluid Overload-related Hospitalization

Total Admission Length [days]

0.33+/−2.34

0.2+/−1.07

−0.12 (−0.56 to 0.31)

0.83+/−4.07

1.31+/−4.85

0.48 (−0.58 to 1.55)

−0.61 (−1.75 to 0.53)

Hospitalization Rate [n/patient year]

0.11+/−0.68

0.18+/−0.96

0.07 (−0.13 to 0.26)

0.4+/−1.21

0.6+/−1.84

0.2 (−0.17 to 0.57)

−0.13 (−0.53 to 0.27)