Risk of serous retinal detachment in patients with end-stage renal disease on dialysis

by Yuh-Shin Chang, Shih-Feng Weng, Chun Chang, Jhi-Joung Wang, Hong-I Chen, Shun-Yao Ko, I-Te Tu, Chih-Chiang Chien, Jian-Jhong Wang, Ching-Min Wang, Ren-Long Jan

The aim of this retrospective, nationwide, matched cohort study was to investigate the association of serous retinal detachment with having end-stage renal disease (ESRD) while on dialysis. The cohort study included 94,024 patients with ESRD on dialysis registered between January 2000 to December 2009 in the Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database. An age- and sex-matched control group comprised 94,024 patients selected from the Taiwan Longitudinal Health Insurance Database 2000. Information for each patient was collected from the index date until December 2011. Twenty-seven ESRD patients and 11 controls developed serous retinal detachment (P

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