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Table 4 Primary disease causing ESRD in each dialysis unit

From: Effect of electronic patient record use on mortality in End Stage Renal Disease, a model chronic disease: retrospective analysis of 9 years of prospectively collected data

 

Unit A (%)

Unit B (%)

Unit C (%)

Diabetes mellitus Type 1

5.7

2.3

2.4

Diabetes mellitus Type 1I

21.5

40.5

45.0

Glomerulonephritis

20.6

10.5

7.2

Hypertension

26.1

26.2

18.0

Systemic lupus erythematosus

2.2

1.4

2.1

Polycystic kidney disease

5.7

3.3

2.2

AIDS nephropathy

1.6

2.1

2.2

Neoplasms, myeloma, amyloidosis

1.9

1.0

1.9

Hydronephrosis, obstruction, infection

3.5

1.8

2.9

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BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

ISSN: 1472-6947

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