The association of dialysis adequacy, body mass index, and mortality among hemodialysis patients

The association of dialysis adequacy, body mass index, and mortality among hemodialysis patients

Abstract Background Although hemodialysis (HD) adequacy, single-pool Kt/Vurea (spKt/V), is inversely correlated with body size, each is known to affect patient survival in the same direction. Therefore, we sought to examine the relationship between HD adequacy and mortality according to body mass in...

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Main Authors: Woong-pyo Hong, Yu-Ji Lee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-10-01
Series:BMC Nephrology
Subjects:
Body mass index
Dialysis adequacy
Hemodialysis
Mortality
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12882-019-1570-0

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