Formula to detect high sodium excretion from spot urine in chronic kidney disease patients

Abstract Introduction: Excessive sodium intake is related to adverse renal and cardiovascular outcomes in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and assessment of sodium intake is complex and not evaluated very often in clinical practice. Objective: To develop a new formula to estimate 24h sod...

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Main Authors: Fabiana Baggio Nerbass, Andrea Emanuela Chaud Hallvass, Maarten W Taal, Roberto Pecoits-Filho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Nefrologia
Series:Brazilian Journal of Nephrology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-28002017000100023&lng=en&tlng=en