Ionizing radiation exposure: another underrecognized risk factor for poor health outcomes in dialysis patients.
Dialysis patients are at greater risk for cancers, cardiovascular disease, and all-cause mortality than people in the general population. Novel risk factors have been identified that may help explain these risk elevations. We discuss medical radiation exposure as a novel risk factor in dialysis patients and suggest the need for future research on this topic.
Melamed
Michal L
ML
Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461, USA. michal.melamed@einstein.yu.edu
Hostetter
Thomas H
TH
D006262:Health; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications* / Q000401:mortality; D011839:Radiation, Ionizing; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome