Patients requiring dialysis were more likely to die in the month following a hurricane, likely because of storm-related disruptions to dialysis services, researchers said.
In an analysis that combined storm-tracking data with information from the U.S. Renal Data System, all-cause mortality among dialysis patients in hurricane-affected areas was increased 13% in the 30 days following storms, relative to periods when there were no hurricanes (95% CI 5%-22%, P