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Are depressive and anxiety symptoms associated with an increased risk of death, initiation of dialysis, and hospitalization in CKD patients not on dialysis?
Are depressive and anxiety symptoms associated with an increased risk of death, initiation of dialysis, and hospitalization in CKD patients not on dialysis?
Depressive symptoms are significantly associated with an increased risk of adverse clinical outcomes in Dutch CKD patients not on dialysis.
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Depressive symptoms were associated with higher composite risk in non-dialysis CKD; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective trials before changing practice.
Loosman et al. (2015) studied this question.
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