Serum phosphate as an additional marker for initiating hemodialysis in patients with advanced chronic kidney disease

Background: Reconsidering when to initiate renal replacement therapy (RRT) in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) has been emphasized recently. With evolving modern aged and diabetes-prone populations, conventional markers of uremia are not sufficient for determining the optimal timing for di...

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Main Authors: Yueh-An Lu, Shen-Yang Lee, Hui-Yi Lin, Yen-Chun Liu, Huang-Kai Kao, Yung-Chang Chen, Ya-Chung Tian, Cheng-Chieh Hung, Chih-Wei Yang, Hsiang-Hao Hsu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-12-01
Series:Biomedical Journal
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2319417016000044