DEPRESSED DIALYSIS PATIENTS MORE LIKELY TO BE HOSPITALIZED OR DIE, RESEARCHER FINDS
September 12, 2008
September 12, 2008
DALLAS, Sept. 12 -- The University of Texas at Southwestern Medical Center issued the following news release:
Dialysis patients diagnosed with depression are nearly twice as likely to be hospitalized or die within a year than those who are not depressed, a UT Southwestern Medical Center researcher has found.
In the study, available online and in the Sept. 15 issue of Kidney International, researchers monitored 98 dialysis patients for up to 14 months. More than a qu . . .
Dialysis patients diagnosed with depression are nearly twice as likely to be hospitalized or die within a year than those who are not depressed, a UT Southwestern Medical Center researcher has found.
In the study, available online and in the Sept. 15 issue of Kidney International, researchers monitored 98 dialysis patients for up to 14 months. More than a qu . . .