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Gastrointestinal bleeding (GIB) is considered the most common type of bleeding event in the dialysis population . However, studies to date are small and not representative of the dialysis population, and the influence of patient characteristics has not been considered. We used a nationally representative sample of dialysis patients treated in the United States (US) to characterize the rates of major GIB episodes requiring hospitalization overall and by age, sex, race, and history of GIB comorbidity.

We used data from a kidney care network from Jan 2018 through Mar 2021. We included data from adult dialysis patients (age ≥18 years) who were treated with dialysis for at least 30 days. We excluded patients who started dialysis on or after Jan 2021 to provide a three-month minimum follow up time for outcomes to occur. GIB hospitalizations were …